Amid execution, Ronald Heath and Melvin Trotter allege that the Florida Department of Corrections has violated its lethal ...

In this interview, law professor Corinna Barrett Lain discusses her book 'Secrets of the Killing State,' which exposes the ...

Read full article: San Antonio nonprofits seek donations, animal foster homes ahead of weekend freeze Rain slowly changing to ice in parts of San Antonio after sunset Saturday evening. WEEKEND UPDATE ...

Florida’s rules for animal euthanasia, created in the 1990s, span a full page. Its guidance for executions by lethal ...

A group of news outlets has sued Tennessee prison officials, claiming the state’s execution rules block journalists from fully witnessing lethal injections and conceal key moments from public scrutiny ...

Lethal injection is tainted with error, ineptitude and secrecy that's led to many botched executions and unnecessary suffering. Missouri passed a law shielding the identity of the people involved in ...

(NewsNation) — For the first time in 15 years, the United States is putting someone to death using a firing squad. Death row inmate Brad Sigmon is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina on Friday.

Sen. Mike Young said the bill would provide the IDOC with an option if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Those who oppose the bill argue it's unnecessary, inhumane and could invite lawsuits over ...

Read full article: Channelview neighbors worried about repeated fires at abandoned hotel An investigation is underway after a deputy shot a person Thursday afternoon in east Harris County, according ...

Read full article: Southeast Georgia braces for extreme cold, community readies for weekend weather The St Johns Housing Partnership said it operates off of state and local funding as well as ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State ...