Tennessee death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in over 200 years. She filed a ...

The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily ...

James Duckett has been temporarily spared from execution pending the results of a DNA test that his lawyers say will ...

In his complaint, Michael Wade Nance said his veins were so severely compromised that they were likely to blow and cause him ...

The murder that Christa Pike was convicted of demonstrated a brutality and callousness not often seen in women, let alone one ...

For the first time in more than 200 years, Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman on death row. Christa Gail Pike’s case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer ...

Arizona's Senate passed a measure that would allow voters to decide on firing squad executions, a method proponents call ...

Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old ...

An execution in the state of Alabama is raising more questions about a controversial drug used in lethal injections. Late last night, Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith, a convicted murderer. In that ...