A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a ...

When Florida executes James “Ernie” Hitchcock on Thursday evening, the state will be ending the life of a prisoner who has ...

Trump’s DOJ announced last week it is bringing the practice back to federal death row. Death penalty critics are concerned ...

Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the ...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair Nov. 1, the first time the chair has been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution to ...

James Ernest Hitchcock, a Florida man convicted of murdering his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter in 1976, was executed at ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

Before execution, many death row inmates are offered a final meal. The requests range from ordinary to deeply unusual, and in some cases, the meal is declined entirely. This list looks at ten of the ...