Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face a barrage of fatal bullets – after the state adopted the firing squad as its ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

Gov. Mike Braun says the future of the death penalty in Indiana up to state lawmakers, following three executions in the last ...

A controversial new rule in Idaho will allow volunteers to shoot and kill death row inmates. The state has become the first ...

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

The fate of 23-year-old Tyler Robinson heads to a Utah courtroom Monday morning as prosecutors prepare to lay out their evidence in the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA ...

Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it ...

Capital punishment belongs on the ballot. Death penalty timing matters. Changing what America stands for. Don't give up on ...

The Marshall Project reports on the 50th anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the U.S. death penalty with intended reforms.

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in ...