The families of Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty and John Skinner are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - A Huntsville murder convict had his prison sentence slightly reduced on Wednesday due to a ...

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51 ...

Just three inmates — in Utah in 1977, 1996 and 2010 — have faced a firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

South Carolina Department of Corrections death chamber with the gurney used in lethal injections . NO. 2: DRUG USED IN SC’S EXECUTIONS MIGHT CAUSE UNNECESSARY PAIN, SUFFERING, JUSTICE DEPT. WARNS ...