An Alabama inmate was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, the state's attorney general confirmed, marking the state's third execution this year. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on ...

A man just weeks from execution is asking the Florida Supreme Court to force state agencies to turn over records he says he needs to file a last-ditch appeal, setting up a legal showdown over what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection before his Dec.

Harold Wayne Nichols, a death row inmate in Tennessee, has declined to select his preferred execution method for his scheduled December 11 death. That means that the state will proceed with lethal ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will ...