Florida is scheduled to execute Andrew Lukehart for the 1996 murder of a 5-month-old baby. Lukehart was convicted of striking ...

Carruthers' attorneys filed an emergency motion for a stay of execution, and the ACLU called repeated efforts to set an IV ...

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Florida executed James Hitchcock, 70, by lethal injection on Thursday, April 30, for the 1976 rape and strangulation murder of his 13-year-old step-niece Cynthia "Cindy" Driggers. It was Florida's ...

A Florida man is scheduled for execution next month after his conviction in the killing of his cousin’s girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the state Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 16, denied a last-minute petition from Michael King, 54, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, March 17, by lethal injection. King faces execution for the ...

A North Texas man faces execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 killings of ...

Legislation would bar courts from reviewing Idaho prison director’s execution protocols. Propsed law aims to codify agency control after past lethal injection procedure changes. Critics warn the ...