John Delaney faced the toughest moment of his legal career - his condemned client wanted to drop his appeals and die by injection, an act Delaney opposed and had been trained to try to prevent.

Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for the 1992 stabbing death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.

Jurors in the Michael K. Addison capital murder trial will hear a new round of arguments Friday to help them decide whether to sentence the convicted murderer to death or life behind bars.

A Houston man who participated in a notorious death row escape attempt a decade ago won a reprieve to keep him from the Texas death chamber Tuesday for the fatal shooting of a woman during an abduction.

The District Attorney's Office won't be seeking the death penalty against four people accused of a 2004 robbery spree in the Whittier and San Gabriel area that left two men dead, officials said today.

The role of a physician in North Carolina executions took center stage Tuesday as the state Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the North Carolina Medical Board can punish doctors who participate in an ...