A wave of executions is feared in Iran after 3 young men are hanged

Three young men were hanged in Iran last week, raising alarm that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing ...

Tennessee plans rare execution of a woman. She's fighting back.

The murder that Christa Pike was convicted of demonstrated a brutality and callousness not often seen in women, let alone one ...

Tehran sends clear warning with execution of protest-linked men, analysts say

When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was ...

Execution by firing squad? New death penalty method could be on ballot

Arizona's Senate passed a measure that would allow voters to decide on firing squad executions, a method proponents call ...

Last meal revealed for Florida death row inmate executed for grisly 2008 murder, rape of married mom

The Florida death row killer executed Tuesday night for the grisly rape and murder of a married mom reportedly devoured a ...

Sarasota killer faces execution after Supreme Court denial

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute petition from Michael King, 54, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday ...

Execution set for North Texas man amid new confession from co-defendant

James Broadnax, sentenced to death for a 2008 double murder in Garland, has long been identified as the gunman. But now ...

DA will seek death penalty for Jermyn Apartments slayings

The Lackawanna County district attorney's office will pursue the death penalty against a man they said stabbed to death two ...