A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

James Ford has sat on death row since 1999 for killing Gregory and Kimberly Malnory in Charlotte County. On Thursday, he will be put to death and Fox 4 will be there to bring you coverage.

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

If nitrogen hypoxia is used, an inmate breathes 100 percent nitrogen, which causes suffocation. Louisiana is one of four states that have approved it for executions.

Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

If you were wrongfully convicted of a crime in Oklahoma and got released today, the state would give you a maximum of ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...