Arizona is set to kill its second death row prisoner this year, but experts warn his execution could be torturous. On Friday, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry will ...

Carruthers’ attorney, Maria DeLiberato, senior counsel with the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, was inside the execution ...

Death penalty cases often take years before they go to trial in Arizona. After a guilty verdict, the appeals and execution ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Davidson County chancellor has ordered state prison officials to allow official witnesses to see more of the process when an inmate is put to death. Several media groups including ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie’s early Tuesday execution after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But ...

Death penalty illustration by Kagenmi via iStock for WMNF News. Ronald Heath was executed yesterday. Heath’s death warrant was signed on Jan. 9 by Gov. Ron DeSantis. He then filed an appeal with the ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – Joseph Corcoran was executed early Wednesday morning, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. In a statement, IDOC confirmed Corcoran was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m.

Tennessee's corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year, signaling a possible end to a yearslong pause due to ...

Major Tennessee news outlets including the company that owns WBIR are pushing to make more of the state's execution process open for public scrutiny. Broadcaster TEGNA Inc., along with the Associated ...