The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the state to move ahead with background checks on a condemned man's personal ...

Aaron Mitchell, who was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer when he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old, faces life in prison.

Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be executed on March 19. He asked for two nonlegal witnesses to be present for his execution.

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Nevada Attorney General’s Office has charged 20 people in connection with the murder of three inmates ...

A new Arizona bill would establish an independent office to monitor the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and ...

A prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has passed up ...

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Arizona prisons face legal scrutiny for healthcare issues, including delays in treatment for inmates with serious conditions.