A federal judge on Thursday ruled that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators are poised this week to approve criminal justice measures designed to toughen bail rules, restrict magistrates’ powers and evaluate offenders ...

By Jonathan Allen April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted ...

The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.

April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department plans to expand the methods used for federal executions, including allowing firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation, as the Trump administration ...

INDIANAPOLIS — In October, Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for Payne’s parents to leave their home for work on July ...

A fierce legal battle is unfolding before the Florida Supreme Court over whether to halt the upcoming execution of death row ...

The report was a fulfillment of President Donald Trump's promise to resume capital punishment in his second term in the White House.