His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied last-ditch attempts to halt Thursday's scheduled execution of Bryan Frederick Jennings​ in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl in Brevard County.

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection before his Dec. 11 execution. Nichol declined to make his choice Nov. 10, a statement from his attorney Stephen Ferrell said.

After avoiding another execution last month, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson faces yet another roadblock in his pursuit of a new trial.

Lethal injection is tainted with error, ineptitude and secrecy that's led to many botched executions and unnecessary suffering. Missouri passed a law shielding the identity of the people involved in lethal injections,

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death after befriending a pregnant woman online, only to strangle her to death and steal her unborn child in an attempt to pass it off as

The Florida Supreme Court has given the final go-ahead for the execution of Bryan Fredrick Jennings, convicted decades ago for the 1979 murder of six-year-old Rebecca Kunash.

Fans of the new Netflix doc about serial killer Aileen Wuornos now have a chance to walk in her shoes -- literally ... her personal items are coming up for auction. As depicted in 2003's Charlize Theron-led biopic "Monster,