Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

Though “Louisiana officials argue that their execution plan is ‘similar but improved’ compared to Alabama’s,” Avery and ...

Jurors voted 9-3 that he serve life in prison. However, the judge sentenced Myers to death under Alabama’s now-abolished system that let judges decide death sentences. Ivey said there was ...

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...