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 ...

A series of executions in the U.S. continued Tuesday, when two men were given lethal injections within an hour of each other.

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 ...

Mullis is set to to die by lethal injection about 16 years after he killed 3-month-old Alijah and abandoned his body in a ...

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

Live: Freddie Owens executed:Live: Freddie Owens executed. First execution in South Carolina since 2011 Under vibrant pink ...

After South Carolina executed its first inmate in more than a decade, many are wondering what is next for the other men on death row.

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state's first execution in 13 years.