Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could ...

A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for ...

Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by seeking federal help with obtaining ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the scheduled April 8 execution of Michael Tanzi for the 2000 murder of ...

A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, has died ...