Molly Elliott's husband told USA TODAY that he was in favor of Hoffman's execution if it wasn't going to be further delayed but said it wouldn't bring closure. Louisiana on Tuesday executed a ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an 11-hour stay of execution for Florida man Edward James. James was convicted of killing a woman and raping and killing her 8-year-old granddaughter ...

However, a firing squad execution has never been conducted in Mississippi's long history with the death penalty. The only methods that have been used to execute prisoners are hangings, the ...

Edward Thomas James is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday evening The execution has been delayed until 8 p.m. No reason was provided The execution of a Florida man on death row ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials ...

Florida Department of Corrections A Florida man who was convicted of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl before murdering her grandmother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution.

By Jordan Rubin The Supreme Court on Tuesday night split 5-4 in denying an execution stay to a Louisiana death row prisoner. It’s unsurprising that the court’s three Democratic appointees ...

PHOENIX — When convicted killer Aaron Gunches was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday morning, it was the first Arizona execution since 2022 and only the fourth in over a decade.

Louisiana plans to execute Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas, marking its first execution since 2010. Hoffman's lawyers sought to halt the execution, citing religious and constitutional concerns.

March 19 (UPI) --Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night for the 1996 kidnapping ...

The execution began just after 10 a.m. local time at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence and it took about 17 minutes for Gunches to die, according to media witnesses. The time of death ...