Raymond Johnson, convicted of killing Brooke Whitaker and her infant daughter in 2007, was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma, apologizing to the victims' family before his death.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...

During Stanko’s execution, he will be strapped to a gurney with his arm outstretched. Medical workers will place an IV in his arm before the curtain is opened to the witness room. His lawyer can read ...

Idaho hasn’t executed a death row prisoner since June 2012, and just two in more than 30 years. The state’s preferred method is lethal injection, at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the last ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the ...