Tennessee has executed Oscar Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad ...

Oscar Franklin Smith was sentenced to death for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife Judith Robirds Smith and her sons Chad and Jason Burnett.

Pam Bondi suggested that the death penalty remains firmly on the table after the shooting of a young couple, both Israeli ...

Indians face death penalty abroad, with lack of transparency in legal proceedings and execution details. NoRKA-Roots offers legal aid.

Before Aaron Gunches' execution in March, experts warned that pentobarbitol could cause him to suffer. Here's what the medical examiner's report showed.

Human justice is never perfect. That’s why the death penalty is so dangerous. Indiana reminds us that it’s still with us.

After a three-year pause because of problems with execution drugs, Tennessee is resuming the practice saying it now has a safe way to administer a lethal injection.

If the state of Indiana moves forward with the execution of convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie on May 20 as planned, the ...

Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve just over three ...

Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

Nearly two dozen inmates on Arizona’s death row have exhausted their appeals, leaving a pool to choose from for the state’s ...