Jessie Hoffman was sentenced to death in 1996 at the age of 18 for the rape and murder of advertising executive Mollie ...

Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith endured a botched execution attempt in Alabama before he was eventually killed via nitrogen ...

In a brief filed Wednesday, 10 former Alabama prosecutors signed on asking a Jefferson County judge to grant a new trial in ...

Robin “Rocky” Myers has been on Alabama’s death row for more than 30 years. Then, on February 28, he became the first ...

Alabama prisoner James Osgood will be executed ... comes two weeks after the Republican granted clemency to another death row inmate, commuting the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers ...

Alabama state officials said the reactions were involuntary movements associated ... making hers the fifth state to adopt the ...

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas or firing squads?

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen ...

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...