The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the “Walls Unit.” ...

Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 executions in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated toward a record number of executions this year. Two ...

Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request to stop the execution of Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford, on death row for over 30 years, was convicted of the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and ...

The scheduled execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate will not go forward next week as the state waits for the completion of a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. A judge last month stayed the Aug.

A man convicted of killing four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago in an act of revenge over stolen goods was put to death Friday in Arizona’s second execution of the year. Richard Kenneth ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a last-minute emergency petition to stay the execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford's attorneys argued his original trial lawyers improperly ...

Kim Kardashian West is asking her millions of followers to help her stop the execution of Brandon Bernard. The reality star tweeted Wednesday that she would be tweeting about the inmate for the next ...

The Utah Supreme Court has blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued in an extensive legal back-and-forth with the state that their client's worsening ...

The federal death penalty trial for the Tops shooter begins in August. Witness lists are due Monday, setting the stage for a ...

A man sentenced to death for killing a Miami couple 35 years ago is asking the state to spare his life, arguing that the abuse he suffered at a notorious state-run reform school contributed to his ...