Capital Punishment

"While it may be gruesome to look at, we all agree it will be quicker," said an attorney for one of the inmates

2021 was the 7th consecutive year when there were fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences

The same jury convicted the man of murder last month in the fatal 2017 shooting of Lt. Debra Clayton

Little else has been announced about how the method would be implemented

What was once one of the nation's busiest death chambers has not resumed administering capital punishment as easily as some had hoped

Jones will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole

Julius Jones, who has long maintained his innocence, is scheduled to be executed Thursday

A majority of justices expressed concern that granting John Henry Ramirez's request could lead to a string of cases asking for other accommodations

Inmate David Cox asked the state to schedule his execution in 2018, calling himself "worthy of death"

The state says that allowing spiritual advisers to touch inmates as they die is a security risk

Gov. Mike Parson is considering whether to reduce the convict's sentence to life in prison without parole

The move settles a 2017 lawsuit challenging the use of solitary confinement for death row inmates in the state

Ohio passed the law banning the death penalty for seriously mentally ill inmates earlier this year

Attorney General Merrick Garland gave no timetable for the moratorium