Execution

A federal judge has given the green light to the execution of a convicted contract killer who would be the first person killed by nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, ...

A 43-year-old man convicted in the 2007 killing of a Dallas police officer was executed on Wednesday after telling the prison warden, “I’m ready to ride.” Wesley Ruiz, 43, died ...

A probable cause affidavit outlining charges against Bryan Kohberger reveals disturbing new details about the Idaho quadruple homicide he's accused of. The document has been unsealed Thursday following Kohberger's extradition ...

An Arizona judge denied a request to delay the execution of a prisoner who argued that the state's death penalty procedures would violate his rights by subjecting him to severe ...

South Carolina’s new firing squad facilities are ready to send the first death row inmate to be executed in a decade to meet his maker should he opt for it ...