Samuel Lee Smithers, convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996, was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution this year in Florida.

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News ...

Texas executions drop to just five this year, a far cry from the 40 back in 2000, reflecting changing attitudes and ...