Capital Punishment

Anthony Sanchez is scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student

On July 1, death by firing squad will become an approved back-up method of execution in Idaho

James Barber has asked a federal court to call off his lethal injection and rule that he is only allowed to die by nitrogen suffocation

Barry Lee Jones had spent 29 years behind bars for murder, child abuse and sexual assault convictions in the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter

Of the more than 290 people on Florida’s death row, Duane Owen was one of the longest held there

The 51 clemency applications came after a bill to abolish the death penalty failed during Louisiana's legislative session

The AG's Office challenged the credibility of the inmate's psychiatric evaluation; saying medical records show his mental illness is managed through medication

Eight loved ones of correctional officers Jason Acton and Leon Egley attended the execution

Steven Petric turned down the possibility of one day being set free and instead wants to take his chances with a jury - again

Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape

Michael Tisius is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail

Investigators believe Heather Leavell-Keaton and her boyfriend physically abused the children for years, locked them in closets and gave them little food

The delay comes after Michael Tisius' lawyers claimed a juror in his 2010 resentencing could not read or write

The corrections commissioner said the prison system has also added medical professionals, ordered new equipment and conducted additional rehearsals

Michael Tisius was 19 years old when he murdered two Randolph County corrections officers during a botched escape attempt in 2000