America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.

Richard Glossip spent 30 years on death row and faced three halted execution dates before the US Supreme Court overturned his ...

Tiana Krasniqi, from London, told how she has plagued by 'flashbacks' of James Broadnax's final moments since he was executed ...

The double murders of USF doctoral students Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon have been consolidated into one case, meaning ...

A DEATH row inmate has been set free after nearly 30 years on death row to the point where he’s had three final meals. The ...

The Trump administration’s embrace of the firing squad may test the public’s waning support for capital punishment.

Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment documented a surge in global executions to their highest level ...

One state's execution total represents an unprecedented increase that human rights researchers say reflects flawed security ...

Israel has enforced a new law mandating the death penalty for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, after the territory’s top military commander signed the order bringing the measure into force on ...

Reality TV superstar Kim Kardashian is used to grabbing headlines, but not usually like this. This week, Kim’s publicist confirmed that she had helped secure the release of a former death row inmate ...

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Slemmer was found with a pentagram carved into her chest, and ...