Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers, a killer known as the “Deacon of Death,” on Tuesday evening for the 1996 murders of two ...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced that the execution of Charles Crawford, a death row inmate, will proceed today.

A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed ...

Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old man for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of ...

Florida's Catholic bishops wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, urging the state's Catholic governor to stay the scheduled Oct. 14 ...

The bill would allow death row inmates to choose their form of execution. If lethal injection is chosen but not available, ...

Ohio Governor DeWine postpones executions of two inmates due to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs.

This inmate photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Fred Singleton. (South ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The ...