Death row killer Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, is set to be executed by lethal injection for his brutal 1988 crimes after having two previous execution dates postponed ...

South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

The death penalty in the United States is sustained by a fantasy and an illusion. Americans imagine that when the state kills, it can do so in a humane manner. We’ve tried many things to turn that ...

Louisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry ...

It has been five years since the state held an execution and now four people are set to be executed in Tennessee before the end of the year. With the first being Oscar Franklin Smith. Smith, 75, is ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a ...

A proposed bill in Indiana may introduce execution by firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection due to difficulties ...

INDIANAPOLIS — In October, Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for Payne’s parents to leave their home for work on July ...

KOCO.COM, AND READ THE LATEST THERE. SPEAKING OF IT. DEATH ROW INMATE JOHN HANSEN GRANTED A TEMPORARY STAY OF EXECUTION DAYS BEFORE HE WAS SCHEDULED TO DIE. LAST MONTH, HANSEN’S ATTORNEYS FILED A ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...