On this day in history, the US carried out its first execution by lethal injection — a method thought up by one doctor.

Prison officials moved inmate Harold Wayne Nichols from his death row cell to another room next to the chamber where he is ...

A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during a home invasion robbery is set to be executed at Florida State Prison ...

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of ...

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...

A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared his life. The governor announced his decision to commute Tremane Wood's sentence from ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday spared the life of a death row inmate just hours before his scheduled execution. “After a thorough review of the facts and prayerful consideration, I have chosen ...