COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state’s death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, …
Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales on Wednesday despite a stunning reversal from a psychiatrist who helped send him to death row 17 years ago. Gonzales, 41, was killed by lethal injection …
A 50-year-old man on Texas’ death row who has maintained his innocence for more than two decades was executed on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Ivan Cantu, who was convicted …
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags JERUSALEM — An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israel’s war on Hamas traveled to Iran and visited the …
Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday discussed the possibility of enacting a moratorium on capital punishment in the state as concerns about innocence and botched executions continue to mount. Death penalty experts, …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Friday asked the …