The state of South Carolina on Friday strapped down Freddie Owens and injected him with a chemical that’s usually used to ...

Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

The state of South Carolina on Friday strapped down Freddie Owens and injected him with a chemical that’s usually used to ...

Mullis was executed 16 years after he told police he reached his "breaking point" and killed his baby boy when he wouldn't stop crying.

A six-day spate of executions in the U.S. began Friday with the South Carolina execution of Freddie Owens amid doubts over ...

A Texas man who waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been executed for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 ...

If carried out as planned, the executions will mark the first time in more than 20 years that five executions were held in ...

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

Columnist Steve Bailey writes that if Gov. Henry McMaster believes Freddie Owens' execution is “justice,” then he should have ...

Freddie Owens was executed in South Carolina days after a key prosecution witness said he had lied on the stand decades ...