In this week's Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent recaps a major death penalty case that came before the high court as well as the shenanigans of a man who’s angling to be the next ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection Dec. 11 at Riverbend Maximum Security ...

Death row killer Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, is set to be executed by lethal injection for his brutal 1988 crimes after having ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than ...

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely.

Alabama told the Supreme Court on Wednesday the state should be allowed to execute a man federal courts have repeatedly said ...

Death row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith scored high enough on IQ tests to be executed, but his defense contends he is mentally ...

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...

There was no clear outcome following the hearing to determine if IQ should play a role in execution sentences.