James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. As of Wednesday, his only reprieve lies with the ...

BOISE – Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad ...

A Tennessee man due to be executed in a matter of weeks is now relying on something saving him that barely featured when he was convicted — DNA. Tony Von Carruthers is scheduled to die at the hands of ...

The execution of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh appears to suggest increased international scrutiny on Iran’s human rights practices. – ...

Iran announced the hanging of three more men on May 4 as a wave of executions continued amid the backdrop of Tehran's war ...

A federal judge Tuesday threatened officials from the Alabama Department of Corrections and the state Attorney General’s ...