Little is known about how Indiana acquired pentobarbital, a drug that state officials have used twice for executions in the last year. The drug is expected to be used again for death row inmate Roy ...

A South Carolina judge allowed an execution to move forward after ruling that the man's beliefs, including that most laws are unconstitutional and citizens have an absolute right to defend their ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A federal judge says the execution of Mississippi’s longest death row inmate can move forward, but with a caveat. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied Richard ...

Florida is set to execute a death row inmate for the "brutal and prolonged" rape and murder of a beloved convenience store manager who interrupted him during a robbery nearly 40 years ago. Richard ...

A Florida man who raped and murdered his next-door neighbor after inviting her over for coffee is set to become the 15th inmate executed in the state this year, nearly double Florida's previous record ...

The state Supreme Court this week set execution dates for four inmates, including Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row. The latest: The court set the next wave of executions in a ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that she plans to rule quickly on whether to halt the execution next week of a Georgia man who says he should be shielded by an agreement reached during ...

With just weeks until Indiana’s third scheduled execution in less than a year, debate continues around the state’s supply of pentobarbital — and whether the execution drug can be safely used to kill ...

Gov. Mike Braun called pentobarbital “a very difficult drug to get,” but said the state expects to have more by October’s scheduled execution. With just weeks until Indiana’s third scheduled execution ...