(AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 ...

will serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole instead of facing execution. Only three men, who each carried out notorious mass killings, will remain on federal death row.

Many experts and critics of the death penalty have said the method, adopted due to shortages of other drugs used in executions, can cause extreme pain during a prisoner’s final minutes.

Florida carried out only one execution this year – down sharply from six in 2023 – although the state led the nation with the most new death sentences ordered by juries, according to a year-end ...

The report by the Death Penalty Information Center was released on Thursday, the same day that Oklahoma conducted the nation’s 25th and final execution of the year. Kevin Ray Underwood received ...

Nine states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah—carried out executions this year, as a Newsweek map shows. If an execution scheduled for ...

The nation’s death penalty watchdog group released its annual report Thursday, showing Alabama led the country in executions in 2024. It’s the first time Alabama has executed more people than ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first ...

Indiana and Wyoming are the only two states that do not allow members of the media to witness state executions, according to a recent report by the Death Penalty Information Center. According to ...