WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures has slowed the annual number of executions to the lowest level in a decade amid renewed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures has slowed the annual number of executions to the lowest level in a decade amid renewed ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures has slowed the annual number of executions to the lowest level in a decade. Yesterday, the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday addressing the legality of using lethal injection as a method of execution. David Barron, a 29 year old public defender, filed the appeal on behalf of ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court examines whether lethal injection, the method used to execute convicted killers in almost all the states that have the death penalty, is unconstitutionally cruel and ...

In a landmark decision, Maryland?s highest court ruled Tuesday that the state?s current lethal injection process must be halted temporarily because it was not adopted in compliance with state law. But ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the ...

Los Angeles Times legal affairs correspondent David Savage explains a unanimous Supreme Court decision on lethal injection. The ruling gives death row inmates an additional legal avenue to challenge ...

In a ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to the most common method of execution: lethal injection. The Court this week also heard arguments about whether the death penalty ...

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The twice-arrested heroin user listened nervously as the judge reviewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life. “You’re not a criminal, you’re an addict,” ...

The state of Oklahoma can keep its three-drug lethal-injection protocol to execute inmates who are condemned to death, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court, in a 5-4 opinion, ruled against a ...