Georgia has executed 77 people since executions resumed in 1983 following the reinstatement of the death penalty.

Lee was convicted in April 2000. By a 7-5 vote, the jury recommended that Lee be sentenced to life in prison without the ...

South Carolina's execution of a convicted murderer by firing squad marked the sixth use of capital punishment in the United ...

A Louisiana death row inmate filed a lawsuit against Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials, stating that the ...

Todd Wessinger argues that killing him using Louisiana’s newest method of execution, nitrogen gas, would be unconstitutional ...

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Jeremy Williams, the man convicted of the rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamari Holland, is scheduled to be executed Thursday night, making him the first person executed in ...

A North Little Rock anti-death penalty activist is donating a collection of writings, papers and other items related to ...

A Louisiana death row inmate is challenging the state’s use of nitrogen gas, saying the execution method could cause severe ...