I was inside the death house with its cinder block walls and dim lighting on July 18, 2018 and watched the last execution performed in Ohio.

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The State Newspaper reporter Ted Clifford was a media witness to the execution by firing squad of Stephen Bryant. Bryant pleaded ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy on April 21 for the 1990 murder of Marlys Sather, amid legal scrutiny of the state’s lethal injection protocol. The Florida execution by lethal injection ...

One hundred fifty journalists entered a California lottery in 1992, not forcash, but for front-row seats to the state's first execution since 1976. Eighteen won, but the thrill of victory was more ...

Ms. DeLiberato has represented defendants in death penalty cases for nearly 20 years. Last month, I walked into Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to watch the State of Tennessee kill my client, ...

The death penalty is one of the state’s most solemn and profound powers. It is the execution of a person in retribution for murder. It is a barbarous act carried out in the name of the people for the ...