Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the experimental method nitrogen hypoxia.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

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

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a ...

A man on death row for killing a North Texas pastor is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday evening in Huntsville.

Medical experts and death row inmates file legal briefs challenging legality of Arizona's execution drugs ahead of March ...

James Williams is an ER doctor, a hunter, a gunshot victim — and the go-to expert for death row prisoners seeking an ...

When the curtain to the death chamber opened, Bowman briefly looked at his attorney on the other side of the glass in the ...

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn't find lethal injection drugs.