Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state’s last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal ...

While four inmates being scheduled to die in the same week is not an anomaly in the U.S., their executions present an overall ...

Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months.

The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa ...

HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A Pender County man accused of killing his sister could be eligible for capital punishment. Matthew ...

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Seymour, said he supports imposing the death penalty for convicted child molesters and may propose legislation next session ...

An Oklahoma man who ate three “last meals” and was scheduled for execution nine times won’t face the death penalty again.