Alabama plans to carry out its fourth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Geoffrey Todd West to death by nitrogen gas ...

For the first time since Tennessee adopted a new lethal injection protocol, a post-execution autopsy has been released. It shows that Byron Black developed pulmonary edema — a form of lung damage.

These decisions were a signal to state leaders, suggesting that if they pursued more executions, the court would not stand in ...

Seeing some images of olden times may seem somewhat cartoonish. Because these events happened a long time ago, they can ...

The son of a woman murdered in 1997 is asking Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to stop the execution of Geoffrey Todd West, saying he ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

The fatal stabbing on a Charlotte light-rail train last month has prompted calls for the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina. North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger said Thursday he wants ...

The wide-ranging bill would open the door to restarting executions in North Carolina after ongoing legal challenges are resolved.

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to ...

and pardons granted by the governor be approved by majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. A few months later, some GOP lawmakers proposed another bill that suggested approving alternate ...

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...