Death by lethal injection looks like the condemned person just went to sleep. But looks can be deceiving. Anesthesiologists know that an overdose of pentobarbital, the barbiturate used for executions ...

Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Lethal injections are set to resume following a review after the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) completed its lethal injection protocol. In May 2022 ...

Republican lawmakers in Idaho are considering going back to the firing squad after the execution of a convicted serial killer via lethal injection completely failed last year. State ...

A lethal injection expert has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to deny the attorney general's request for an execution warrant for Aaron Gunches, citing concerns about the state's death penalty ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about the drug used for lethal injection after the last ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, viewing chairs are placed in ...

In Oklahoma, three drugs are used for lethal injection. They are the sedative midazolam, the paralytic vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.But they haven't always been easy to access. Executions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure ...