The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to execute Robin “Rocky” Myers, despite a juror on his case ...

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

One wonders whether Sepulveda will even be taken out of his wheelchair before he is so inhumanely murdered by Gov. Landry and ...

Landry’s decision is significant in part because until recently, Louisiana was part of a group I call the death penalty ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to make it illegal to participate in the death penalty, following news that ...

Recent changes to the legal process in Alabama makes it more difficult to challenge such cases, the report states.

Larry Wayne Whitehead, 62, was convicted in 1996 for the death of Albertville police officer and detective Andrew Whitten.

Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.

The decorated death penalty litigator talks about a need to move away from incarceration as the antidote to crime problems ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

Alabama prison officials maintain that nitrogen hypoxia is a painless and effective method of execution, despite concerns ...