In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.

Tennessee officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners tried and failed for over an hour to ...

A Catholic priest and anti-death-penalty activist has challenged Gov. Ron DeSantis to attend an execution.

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.

Jury selection begins Monday in the federal death penalty trial of Payton Gendron, who is already serving a life sentence.

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...