Arizona's botched executions have sparked a national debate over the use of lethal injections, with questions raised about ...

Executions are usually designed to look like a cold, efficient machine, but Oklahoma’s 2014 attempt to execute Clayton Lockett was just the opposite. It was bloody, yes, but more than that, it was ...

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say.Forty-six people on death row have been executed so far this year, and two ...