The death penalty, or capital punishment, is the state-enacted execution of a person as punishment for a capital crime.

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Byron Black, 69, was executed Tuesday despite warnings that his defibrillator could cause pain. Witnesses say he cried out, ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to decide ...

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Opening Shot: “Austin, 2009.” A man named Rob Springsteen walks through a mall, and goes into Macy’s looking for a suit. He ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by ...