Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

Alabama executed death row inmate James Osgood on Thursday for the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend's cousin in what one prosecutor called a "twisted fantasy" carried out by the couple.

Sixteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...

A third of executions in 2022 were botched or highly problematic, according to a report from the Death Penalty Information ...

Those convicted of capital murder often sit on death row for decades. But Jeremy Williams has asked the court to skip his ...

Before Rogers’ death, the most recent U.S. execution was in Florida and took place May 1, when Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, died ...

Anthony Wainwright, 54, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 10 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Carmen ...

The video above is from Jeremy Williams sentencing in April of 2024. That story can be found by visiting the link at the ...

Alabama legislators honored a long-standing tradition with their annual award for the “deadest bill” of the session.

Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, is the oldest prisoner on Mississippi's death row and its longest-serving at 48 years.

Florida is continuing its rapid pace of executions this year, with one convicted killer set to die this week and another on ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes that the state of South Carolina say everything went according to plan, but that’s not ...