"But the alternative is just as monstrous. If he chose lethal injection, he risked the prolonged death suffered by all three ...

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

Arizona has 112 death row inmates. Firing squad as a means of execution has been in the headlines more and more. On Friday, a ...

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana's execution methods, potentially delaying the executions of two ...

A federal judge in the Middle District Court of Louisiana granted a motion to expedite consideration and reopening of the case.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate ...

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

An ornate confection of Gothic Revival, this 1840s Albany townhouse is one of an eye-catching row designed with the hallmarks of the style. There are quatrefoils, Gothic tracery and arches, hooded ...

Keri Blakinger’s ’14 journalistic work covering death row inmates has earned her an Oscar nomination as a producer for the documentary I Am Ready, Warden.

Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...

Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution.