The justices left in place a Texas appeals court ruling that upheld the murder conviction and death sentence for Areli ...

For the third year in a row, the Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility's kitchen is understaffed, so it is turning to plate ...

Wendell Grissom was convicted of killing Amber Matthews, a young mother, in 2005. He was sentenced to die by lethal injection.

The execution of Edward Thomas James, who raped and killed an 8-year-old girl and killed her grandmother in 1993, has been ...

53-year-old convicted killer Aaron Brian Gunches was executed via lethal injection earlier this week, and his final meal has ...

Aaron Gunches, 53, was pronounced dead at 10.33am on Wednesday. He offered no resistance as the lethal injection was administered.

Hoffman declined a final meal, Westcott said. “Tonight ... God is as Just as he is Merciful; and my hope is that when ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state ...

It was there that he raped Elliott before killing her in an execution-style murder. Her body wasn't discovered for two days.

An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four ...

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from the U.S.

Jessie Hoffman Jr was denied the chance to carry out a Buddhist ritual in this final moments after declining to take part in ...