After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel on Wednesday passed a bill ...

Arizona's botched executions have sparked a national debate over the use of lethal injections, with questions raised about ...

Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week in Tennessee. He was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to disable his ...

A bill expanding Indiana’s execution methods was significantly amended Tuesday after lawmakers voted to remove nitrogen hypoxia as an option and added provisions on media access and mental health ...

While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

Byron Black was executed for murders he committed in 1988. Black had a defibrillator in his chest and the Tennessee State Supreme Court ruled last week that it could be carried out without the device ...

Byron Black, sentenced to death in the killings of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two children under 10, was executed Tuesday in Tennessee at age 69 His heart device remained active despite legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Davidson County Chancery Court judge says the state of Tennessee must disconnect a death row inmate's heart defibrillator ...