A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a man scheduled to be put to death next week alleges that Florida prison officials used expired drugs in at least four recent executions. Prison drug supply logs ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

Forty-seven men killed by states operating death penalty – almost double last year’s number ...

Executions rose dramatically in the U.S. this year, and the Gulf South played a key role, a new report shows. While Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama all put people to death, Alabama was in a group ...