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A Nampa legislator wants to make death by firing squad the primary way of administering the death penalty in Idaho. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the...
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a case review of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, citing concerns over the prosecution’s use of her sexual...
Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its new execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the trimmed-down document that now provides...
The state of Indiana in the United States has carried out its first execution in 15 years, putting to death a man, whose lawyers say he...
Indiana officials are preparing to execute the state’s first death row inmate in 15 years, a man who was convicted a quarter-century ago of killing his...
Christopher Leroy Collings was executed in Missouri on Tuesday for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings, 49, died by lethal injection at 6:10...
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Dec 2, 2024 / 18:15 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Missouri death row prisoner’s...
Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state’s top prosecutor says. In a statement shared with CBS News on Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General...
South Carolina inmate Richard Moore was executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, despite widespread appeals for clemency....