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 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to expand execution methods as President Donald Trump moves to speed up the process of ...

The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people ...

Trump has directed the Justice Department to "prioritize" seeking the death penalty in federal cases.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week it will implement firing squad executions for federal prisoners.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — New records from the governor’s office show Indiana paid $100,000 for execution drugs used in October — bringing the total amount the state has spent on pentobarbital to ...

An Alabama inmate was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, the state's attorney general confirmed, marking the state's third execution this year. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on ...

By Jonathan Allen April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution ...

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the chances of an execution going forward are higher now because the state ...

WASHINGTON -- The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer tightened its policies Friday regarding the use of drugs in lethal injections, a move experts said would make it harder for states to carry out executions ...

(AP) Delaware has 17 condemned prisoners facing the death penalty, but no means of executing any of them. Like other states, Delaware prison officials have found it difficult to get the drugs used in ...