Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

A Tennessee Chancery Court judge ruled that members of the press have the right to witness executions from beginning to end, ...

Nevada death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier confers with Lori Teicher, a federal public defender involved in his case, during a Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, appearance in Clark County District Court in ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...