Gov. Kevin Stitt has the final say. The execution is scheduled for Nov. 13 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

FDSET filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) in Knox County Chancery Court on Tuesday, October 28.

As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

If Christa Gail Pike's execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee since the state began to formally document capital punishment more than a ...

The mother and stepmother of a Bonita Springs man on death row wiped tears as a convicted accomplice claimed their son's innocence in the murder of his wife, a Southwest Florida doctor. Mark Sievers, ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

The application of Ohio's death penalty varies significantly by county, influenced by the views of elected prosecutors. Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties have historically sent the most people to death ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 and ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases by county.