Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public support for the death penalty remains at a five-decade low at 53%, with a recent Gallup polling revealing that more than ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...

After years studying errors in death penalty cases, Columbia University law professor James Liebman wondered whether he could prove someone had been executed for a crime they didn’t commit. To test ...

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The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas death row inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state over a new law that allows it to execute them with nitrogen gas. Attorneys representing the inmates say Act 302 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A new book is looking at the death penalty in America through the eyes of a Nevada inmate. The Volunteer, which is on sale now, focuses on the story of Scott Dozier. In 2002, Dozier ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months — and Gov. Mike Braun said Tuesday he doesn’t plan to buy more, at least for now.

Tennessee will hold one of its first executions in years on May 22. It has been five years since the state held an execution and now four people are set to be executed in Tennessee before the end of ...