HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court late Thursday blocked the execution of Robert Roberson III, directing state officials to ...

This attempt to block his execution was denied, however, with U.S. District Court Judge Emily Marks writing that "the Eighth ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson has filed an appeal for a new trial. Roberson was convicted of murdering his ...

Ruben Gutierrez is one of a rare group of death row inmates who have been granted repeated review by the high court.

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. Fought in the closing months of World War 2, the operation to ...

Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976, with the last execution in 2010.

Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents ...

A South Carolina man on death row has chosen death by firing squad as his method of execution, his lawyer said Friday. If his ...

Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney ...

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S.

Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing Louisiana to resume executing death row prisoners, with the state potentially carrying out its ...