Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

Republican State Representative Bruce Skaug argues that Idaho is one of the least harsh states in the nation for sentencing ...

ANGOLA, La. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, ...

THERE is no doubt that killings and acts of killings have become the order of the day in Nigeria. Apart from death in the hands of terrorists, the lives of Nigerians are being cut short by ritualists, ...

The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the provinces of Lima and Callao to stem a rise in crime, ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, has argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want to stop his execution, ...

Parents testify at the Texas Capitol urging lawmakers to expand the death penalty for convicted child murderers to include ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want to stop his execution, saying his defense's plea for his life at his original trial "didn't even span the length of a Law & ...

A new bill calls to expand punishment for those convicted of murdering a child 15 years old or younger to include the death ...