WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of a controversial drug for lethal injection in executions. The ruling was 5-4. While Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the principle descent, ...

In this interview, law professor Corinna Barrett Lain discusses her book 'Secrets of the Killing State,' which exposes the ...

Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

Florida’s rules for animal euthanasia, created in the 1990s, span a full page. Its guidance for executions by lethal ...

An execution in the state of Alabama is raising more questions about a controversial drug used in lethal injections. Late last night, Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith, a convicted murderer. In that ...

"Fox and Friends" host Brian Kilmeade issued an on-air apology Sunday, four days after making controversial comments about the homicide of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska. Officials charged Decarlos Brown ...

A bill allowing for firing squad executions for death penalty inmates was filed in the Indiana legislature for the 2026 session. Senate Bill 11, filed by State Sen. Michael Young, would allow for ...

Tennessee plans to execute Harold Wayne Nichols for a 1988 murder amid controversy over lethal injection methods, echoing broader debates on capital punishment. Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, ...