Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could ...

Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by seeking federal help with obtaining ...

A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for execution in ...

A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.

Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, has died ...

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S.

People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that ...