Two death row inmates facing execution filed a lawsuit earlier this week questioning whether a newly passed law that would require them to choose between the electric chair and the firing squad was ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...

Anti-death penalty activists placed signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Jan. 25, 2024. The state put Smith ...