A South Carolina man was put to death by a firing squad Friday after being convicted of a 2001 double homicide. The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, marks the first time since 2010 that a firing ...

Roy Lee Ward, 52, was sentenced to death in 2007 for the July 11, 2001, rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in the southern ...

Next month, the state of Florida will officially be allowed to use new means of executing prisoners on death row — with some ...

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's ...

A plea bargain offered in the Brian Kohberger case creates a predictable, quicker, cheaper—and to some—a more ethical outcome ...

Twenty-five executions were also carried out last year and in 2018. Those are the highest totals since there were 28 in 2015. Here's a look at recent executions and those scheduled for the rest ...

The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial has reached a verdict on four of five charges but remains deadlocked on ...