Clayton Lockett, 38, endured a horrifyingly botched execution at Oklahoma State Penitentiary after being convicted of murder, ...

A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short ...

This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009. Creech, Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed Feb. 28, 2024 in ...

A bill expanding Indiana’s execution methods was significantly amended Tuesday after lawmakers voted to remove nitrogen hypoxia as an option and added provisions on media access and mental health ...

Florida’s execution pace is testing the limits of the law — and its workforceI spent years inside Florida’s execution chamber as warden of Florida State Prison, personally overseeing three executions.

During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser. A few years earlier, the U.S.

A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions ...