WASHINGTON, DC - Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate who was executed last week in Louisiana, claimed the state's execution ...

The Supreme Court denied Sigmon’s request to delay his execution less than two hours before he is set to be put to death. FILE – This undated image provided by the South Carolina Department of ...

Airgas, a nitrogen and oxygen supplier, is considering action against Louisiana over potential misuse of its products during ...

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

Edward James was put to death in Raiford, Florida, by lethal injection on Thursday, marking the fourth execution in the US ...

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...

Edward James, 63, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison outside Starke.

Oklahoma executed Wendell Grissom for a 2005 murder, marking the state's first execution of the year amid a week of multiple ...

Wendell Grissom received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m.

An Oklahoma man who fatally shot a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago apologized to the victim’s family ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas. Hoffman, 46, was put to death at the Louisiana State ...