A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person ...

The Republican governor commuted the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton. Burton had been set for execution on Thursday, March 12.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. _Lethal injection concept Image by J.J. GouinShutterstock For condemned prisoners in Texas, the final 14 days unfold under a ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Supreme Court stopped the scheduled execution of death row inmate Ralph Menzies, ordering a new mental health evaluation before he can be put to death. Menzies, ...

Execution (Photo: Ken Piorkowski / CC BY-SA 2.0/MGN) (AP) — Twenty-six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 10 other people are scheduled to be put to death in ...

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis, saying his ...

An Idaho representative seeks to shield execution team members, and grant greater power to the state prison director over capital punishment.

The Utah Supreme Court has blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued in an extensive legal back-and-forth with the state that their client's worsening ...

As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution. Victor Tony Jones was sentenced to death in ...