A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

The death penalty murder trial of Carl Boards is now delayed until February 2027. Boards is charged with shooting & killing ...

The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, ...

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others are defiant. Many seek salvation.

The letter was signed by 15 other states, mostly in the South, asking the federal government to remove roadblocks to capital ...

The Georgia Supreme Court has rule that a vaccine condition made during the COVID-19 pandemic can no longer be used to delay ...

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.