WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures has slowed the annual number of executions to the lowest level in a decade amid renewed ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the state's execution law was unconstitutional on Friday, according to an MSNBC report. In what was ultimately a split decision, the court sided with 10 inmates ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...

TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual move, an inmate scheduled to be executed this month in the 1998 sexual assault and murder of a Northwest Florida woman has decided not to fight in court. During an Oct. 1 ...

Oklahoma has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to issue stays of executions for three inmates scheduled for lethal injections this week because the justices are set to hear a challenge to one of the ...

The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices on Thursday laid out a remarkable critique of nitrogen hypoxia executions, asserting that the new form of capital punishment causes “psychological terror” ...

Oklahoma's top court issued a stay Monday of two convicted murderers' planned executions, capping an epic legal saga touched off by challenges to the state's secrecy on where it gets its lethal ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson questioned evidence about whether he shook his 2-year-old daughter to death. The state’s highest criminal court ordered a new look. By J. David Goodman Reporting from ...