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

Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s ...

Florida may soon expand its approved methods of execution to include firing squads and nitrogen gas, following a wave of ...

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

A new book called The Volunteer is looking at the death penalty in America through the eyes of Nevada inmate Scott Dozier, who volunteered to be executed after being sentenced to death.

A fake doctor is accused of injecting a woman with a likely lethal dose of lidocaine in his Queens home on Friday, authorities said. Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, ...

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

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 ...

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

Jeffrey Hutchinson, 59, is set to die by lethal injection May 1 at Florida State Prison near the city of Starke. DeSantis, a ...