Two federal court rulings earlier this month that barred Alabama from carrying out nitrogen gas executions could echo beyond ...

IDAHO -- The Idaho Department of Corrections made changes to its execution chamber and procedures following the failed execution of convicted killer Thomas Eugene Creech. Creech was supposed to be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man ...

Since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment with its 1976 ruling in Gregg v. Georgia, the United States has put more than 1,600 of its citizens to death. The two executions carried out in ...

US Supreme Court denies the execution procedure of using nitrogen gas in Alabama. Calling it unconstitutionally cruel.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state ...