Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to ...
Read moreDetailsTag: Capital punishment
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the ...
Read moreDetails
Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in ...
Read moreDetails
Supreme Court grants a new hearing for the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only ...
Read moreDetails
An Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants
PHOENIX -- An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution ...
Read moreDetails
Tennessee is refusing to release its new execution manual. Here’s why it matters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's ...
Read moreDetails
US carries out 25 executions this year as death penalty trends in nation held steady
HOUSTON -- The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out ...
Read moreDetails
Indiana shrouds executions in secrecy, defying long tradition of public oversight
From public hangings in the town square to lethal injections witnessed by journalists, executions historically have mostly been carried out ...
Read moreDetails
Indiana man who killed brother, 3 others will be put to death in state’s 1st execution in 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana -- An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people is ...
Read moreDetails
After 15-year pause in executions, Indiana prepares to put to death man who killed 4
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana officials are preparing to execute the state's first death row inmate in 15 years, who was convicted ...
Read moreDetails
