In the death chambers of the Mississippi Delta, on a rainy night in an Indiana penitentiary, and in the early hours at an ...

Before the procedure took place, he was asked whether he had any final words, to which he replied 'no' before giving a ...

An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation's sixth execution by ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that Gavin Blaine Smith, 21, can be retried for the 2020 killings of his family ...

"Gregory Hunt spent more time on death row than Karen spent alive. If he had any real evidence of innocence, he had more than ...

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

Our comprehensive coverage gives readers insight into the investigation, trial, and sentencing for the murder of 5-year-old ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed seven executions, including the nation's most recent one, that of David Hosier in Missouri. It's Hood's job to 'make them feel like a human being.' ...

Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed on Thursday, almost three decades after he was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire plot of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett. Sennett was found ...

And Smith has a well-documented medical condition posing special risks from the State's newly chosen method of execution.” Alabama Death Row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith has been executed with ...