Nance sued Georgia’s prison system claiming lethal injection would cause him excruciating pain because of his medical history ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - The next South Carolina death row inmate set to be executed has selected lethal injection as the method after his lawyers said he was troubled by the last execution by ...

Lawyers for a Florida murderer on death row are trying to halt his scheduled execution, saying his weight and health conditions could lead to a botched lethal injection. In court documents, lawyers ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Chadwick Willacy have filed an emergency petition with the Florida Supreme Court, alleging the state is systematically blocking access to public records regarding lethal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE (12/10): On Wednesday, Knox County Chancellor John F. Weaver ordered the release of the expiration dates for the lethal injection drugs used in the executions of Oscar Smith ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little is known about how Indiana acquired pentobarbital, a drug that state officials have used twice for executions in the last ...

For his last meal, John Wayne Gacy asked for a bucket of KFC chicken, 12 fried prawns, a pound of strawberries, french fries, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the ...