On this day in history, the US carried out its first execution by lethal injection — a method thought up by one doctor.

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. (KLFY) — An Angola death row inmate was granted bail by a district judge after spending nearly three decades on death row. Jimmie Duncan has been released from Louisiana State ...

The annual number of death row inmates executed in the U.S. is set to nearly double by the end of this year. In 2024, 25 death row inmates were executed, according to the Death Penalty Information ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

Oklahoma prosecutors want a Feb. 12 execution date for Kendrick Simpson as he continues challenging the state’s lethal injection protocol. Here’s what the court will consider. The State of Oklahoma is ...

After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time. How many people die each year in Missouri prisons? The question ...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - Katt Williams' security guard spoke for the first since the night of a deadly shooting and shared video of the moments before he pulled the trigger. Tranell Williams is the man ...

For years, the public had no way to know just how many people died in Missouri’s prisons, a Marshall Project investigation found, because the state Department of Corrections wasn’t counting. “Deaths ...

The fight goes on over Erie's lone death row inmate and the use of dog DNA as evidence at his trial nearly 25 years ago. The inmate, Stephen Treiber, has appealed his conviction to the 3rd U.S.