The new document does not make clear when or how much pentobarbital was purchased, which would provide context for the cost.

The Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) offered a new but tiny glimpse into Indiana’s efforts to resume executions, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on ...

Hakamada's situation is a particularly egregious instance of Japan's dubious justice system, where death row inmates are served up inhuman treatment, the constant shadow of hanging being the most ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.44 million in compensation, an official said yesterday. The payout represents ...

The world’s longest-serving death row inmate spent most of his time in solitary confinement. Decades of detention – with the threat of execution constantly looming – took a heavy toll on ...

(UPDATE) TOKYO — A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said on Tuesday. The payout ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout represents ...