While the man who killed Doug Battle got a life sentence, one of his accomplices is about to be executed even though he wasn't in the building.

Tennessee’s sole female death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida has executed its second inmate of the year even as a Supreme Court justice questioned the state's “deeply troubling" ...

A Georgia inmate's request to die by a firing squad instead of lethal injection is denied by a federal court.

A Georgia inmate set for execution Wednesday evening doesn't really want to die but hasn't pursued appeals because he also doesn't want to continue living in prison, a psychiatrist says in an ...

A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

The Florida death row killer executed Tuesday night for the grisly rape and murder of a married mom reportedly devoured a modest spread of sweet and savory comfort foods for his final meal. Michael ...

Florida has executed its second inmate of the year even as a Supreme Court justice questioned the state's “deeply troubling" record on lethal injections and how it "shrouds its executions in secrecy." ...