For centuries, societies have searched for a way to execute criminals without cruelty, believing progress could make death humane. We trace how the United States moved from hangings and electric ...

Dennis McGuire likely consciously suffered as he gasped for air and strained against his restraints before dying by lethal injection in January, according to an expert who signed a court affidavit on ...

Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen needed to stay alive ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...

Ohio prison officials said Monday that a review of the controversial January execution of Dennis McGuire has determined that he did not suffer any distress. McGuire, who was convicted of raping and ...