While four inmates being scheduled to die in the same week is not an anomaly in the U.S., their executions present an overall ...

HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A Pender County man accused of killing his sister could be eligible for capital punishment. Matthew ...

The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa ...

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

However, he allowed criminals to be mutilated for their crimes. During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows and they ...

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

Seymour, said he supports imposing the death penalty for convicted child molesters and may propose legislation next session ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months — and Gov ...

Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser was executed on June 14, authorities said. He was arrested in 2018 and tried for terrorism, ...

An Oklahoma man who ate three “last meals” and was scheduled for execution nine times won’t face the death penalty again.

Saudi Arabia has drawn criticism from human rights groups for its numbers and also methods of capital punishment.