Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

The question is part of an ongoing lawsuit challenging a 2023 expansion to a law protecting companies that provide lethal injection drugs.

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP TAKE IS FOR THIS YEAR. GULF COAST INVESTIGATOR EVAN ...

A federal judge banned Alabama from executing an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, calling the method unconstitutionally cruel.

The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically this year to a level not seen in more than a decade. That's alarming opponents of the death penalty who say public opinion is increasingly against executions. Joining us now is ...

Opponents of the death penalty say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has more authority than other states' top officials in approving death warrants, a factor driving the high number of executions.

KOCO.COM, AND READ THE LATEST THERE. SPEAKING OF IT. DEATH ROW INMATE JOHN HANSEN GRANTED A TEMPORARY STAY OF EXECUTION DAYS BEFORE HE WAS SCHEDULED TO DIE. LAST MONTH, HANSEN’S ATTORNEYS FILED A LAWSUIT ASKING FOR A CLEMENCY HEARING AND A STAY OF EXECUTION.

Republican governor who wrote Ohio’s death penalty law calls to scrap executions - "I no longer believe the death penalty is a deterrent to murder," the 79-year-old governor declared during a news con

The state of Indiana resumed executing convicted people on death row for the first time in 15 years in December 2024.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—While Gov. Mike DeWine has come out against capital punishment, Ohioans holding or running for key offices to shape the future of the state’s death penalty support keeping it, if not moving to resume executions after DeWine leaves office next year.