While four inmates being scheduled to die in the same week is not an anomaly in the U.S., their executions present an overall ...

Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – ...

HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A Pender County man accused of killing his sister could be eligible for capital punishment. Matthew ...

The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa ...

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

Seymour, said he supports imposing the death penalty for convicted child molesters and may propose legislation next session ...

However, he allowed criminals to be mutilated for their crimes. During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows and they ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months — and Gov ...

Gov. Mike Braun said he's open to a discussion about the future of capital punishment in Indiana. The cost of purchasing the ...