The request comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Jeffrey Weisheit’s case, ending years of state and ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of his attorneys said.

Interest in Taylor Parker's case has increased with Netflix's ‘Maternal Instinct’.

An Alabama death row inmate was saved from execution after a federal court ruling banned the means of the scheduled procedure ...

A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing his wife more than three decades ago is making a final effort to stop his ...

U.S. District Judge Emily Marks issued the ruling that could stop the execution of Alabama death row inmate Jeffrey Lee this ...

Jeffery Lee's supporters urged Alabama to "choose life" after he mentored other death row inmates through a Christian nonprofit.

In a rare ruling for a condemned prisoner, the justices would not let Alabama use a contested method of execution. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal correspondent and host of The Docket.

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection drugs at his execution on Thursday, a growing concern across the country as ...

The Alabama Attorney General's Office petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse a federal judge's decision to permanently ban ...

The execution of an Alabama inmate set to die next week by breathing in nitrogen gas is constitutional and can go forward, a federal judge said. Jeffery Lee is set to die on June 11 at William C.