Las Vegas DA to seek execution warrants for three inmates — a move that revives old legal fights and logistical hurdles.

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal ...

With only 15 days remaining before his scheduled execution, attorneys for death row inmate James Hitchcock have filed a ...

The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people ...

The Justice Department is bringing back firing squads and other execution methods for federal death row inmates. Could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause on ...

The federal government has not previously included firing squad as a method of execution in its protocols, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Five states currently allow executions by ...

An Alabama man on death row for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in late 2021 wants the state to hurry up and get it over with already. Jeremy Williams wants his execution fast-tracked, after a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause on capital punishment a failure of justice for victims ...