Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

Thomas Parker, from Workington, was arrested in Bali and is set to be charged with importation, trafficking and possession of ...

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

One terrible night 24 years ago, factory worker Brad Sigmon stayed up smoking crack cocaine and planning violent revenge.

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued nitrogen hypoxia is cruel and unusual punishment and an infringement on his freedom to practice religion.

Peculiar and violent methods of execution seem to capture the public’s imagination in a way that the death penalty itself does not: A person may support capital punishment in theory but balk at the ...

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argues Louisiana is using the inmate as a test for the nitrogen method that has only been ...

March 10 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for a 48-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and ...

The man scheduled for execution next week in Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years passed up a chance to ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...