Lethal Injection

"I would like to apologize to Mark and the Nix family for taking him away from you. I hope this brings you closure," inmate Wesley Ruiz said

The state Supreme Court has denied two stays and the governor announced he would not grant clemency to Kevin Johnson

William Morva was executed after an unsuccessful campaign to spare his life over concerns about his mental health

Rachel Sutphin, the deputy's daughter, said she is among those urging the governor to halt William Morva's execution

Trading sharp words on their last day together until the fall, the justices voted 5-4 in a case from Oklahoma that the sedative midazolam can be used in executions

Kent Sprouse, 42, became the fifth convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, the nation's most active death penalty state

42-year-old faces lethal injection Thursday evening — more than a decade after he gunned down Ferris Police Officer Marty Steinfeldt

Utah lawmakers say they took a pragmatic approach in approving the firing squad as a form of execution if lethal-injection drugs aren't available

Executed Tuesday after U.S. Supreme Court and state's governor declined to spare the 74-year-old attorneys claimed was mentally incompetent

If the governor signs the measure, Utah would become the only state to allow executions by firing squad if there is a drug shortage

Rep. Paul Ray argues a team of trained marksmen is faster and more humane than the drawn-out deaths that have occurred in botched lethal injections

Attorneys for 52-year-old Donald Newbury are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his Wednesday evening lethal injection