An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the past to have his ...

Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures.

The beneficiary of the new position is assistant District Attorney Matthew W. Welickovitch who until three years ago was one ...

Tennessee prison officials said they aren't going to release their new execution manual to the public after announcing they ...

DA’s office no longer seeking death penalty against man accused of murdering local Uber driver ...

South Carolina's Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state's next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas ...

Daniel Callihan is in custody in Louisiana, facing charges of kidnapping resulting in death and transportation of a minor ...

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Tennessee says it is ready to resume death row executions in 2025. The Department of Corrections announced it will use a drug for lethal injections.

On his way out of office, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of death row inmates, as the Tar Heel State has halted executions amid litigation over the past 20 years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set the execution date for condemned inmate Marion Bowman Jr.