The state executed Ledell Lee for beating a woman to death with a tire iron. Continue reading →

The Senate agreed on Tuesday to changes to HB 638, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval or veto after the House agreed Monday. Continue reading →

The hurried execution schedule appears to be an attempt by Arkansas to use up its supply of the drug midazolam, linked to numerous botched executions, before it expires. Continue reading →

Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was finally pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. Thursday night – about 30 minutes after the procedure began at the state prison in southwest Alabama. Continue reading →

A Canadian on death row in Montana has been living on borrowed time since admitting he murdered two young men more than three decades ago, but he says he has renewed hope he might be able to return home with the support of Justin Trudeau’s government. Continue reading →

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang defended his country’s continued reliance on the death penalty while visiting Ottawa on Thursday. Continue reading →

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. broadcaster CNN he narrowly escaped death after coup plotters stormed the resort town of Marmaris. Continue reading →

The US federal death penalty trial of a white man charged in the slayings of nine members of a historic black church in South Carolina will be held in November, a judge said Tuesday. Continue reading →

Presumptive Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has indicated he will reimpose the death penalty, in some of his first policy pronouncements since winning last week’s election based on an unofficial count. Continue reading →

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Friday it was blocking use of its drugs in lethal injections. Continue reading →