The estimated death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake Friday that was centered in Myanmar, but which led to casualties in ...

A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity. Michael Tanzi, 48, wants “leniency” for his ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

A second South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing ...

Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

Amid growing concerns over the availability of lethal injection drugs, Florida lawmakers are advancing new legislation that ...

People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, ...

“It’s all pure evil. That night was horrific.” Three other executions were carried out this week in the U.S., including the lethal injection earlier Thursday of an Oklahoma man for the fatal shooting ...

Executions are traditionally carried out by gunshot, though lethal injections have been introduced in recent years. The embassy spokesperson said Beijing “fully guaranteed the rights and interests of ...

Edward James stabbed the grandma more than 20 times with two different knives, including one with a blue handle that police ...

Vietnam is one of the countries in the world with the harshest narcotic laws where anyone found guilty of trafficking drugs ...