Death row convict presents unusual behavior and talks about immortality before execution, prompting the court to pause his ...

James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. As of Wednesday, his only reprieve lies with the ...

A Tennessee man due to be executed in a matter of weeks is now relying on something saving him that barely featured when he was convicted — DNA. Tony Von Carruthers is scheduled to die at the hands of ...

BOISE – Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad ...

STARKE, Fla. -- A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death Tuesday in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year. Melvin Trotter, 65, was ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A May 20 execution has been scheduled for an Arizona man convicted of murder for fatally setting a man on fire during a 2002 attack, marking what would be the state’s first use of the ...