Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

An execution date has been set for the man convicted of killing an elderly Garland convenience store clerk by setting her on fire more than a decade ago. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, is scheduled to be ...

All executions have been stayed in Montana since 2015 because the state requires the use of an "ultra-fast-acting barbiturate" that is no longer available.

The clock has been reset for a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for 42 years after state legislators defeated an ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and ...

Connecticut companies would be banned from selling drugs used in capital punishment under bill opposed by state hospitals.

TALLAHASSEE - After losing at the Florida Supreme Court, attorneys for convicted murderer James Ford this weekend quickly ...

David Duncan, a meticulous retired judge, led an inquest into Arizona's execution protocols -- until it was subverted by ...