Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt his ...

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...

The Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) offered a new but tiny glimpse into Indiana’s efforts to resume executions, ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, ...

Jonathan Monk was sentenced to death for the 2017 murders of Justin Smith, Wendy Shannon, Geoffrey Howe and Veronica Darden.

A Florida bill making its way through the Legislature this month could change how the state implements the death penalty.

Jeffery Collins is an Associated Press reporter who witnessed the firing squad execution of death-row inmate Brad Sigmon in South ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the death penalty in 2019, and the last prisoner executed in the state ...

New state bills aim to expand options for death row inmates’ executions to include firing squads and nitrogen gas and allow ...