The US Supreme Court is due to review the use of lethal injection drugs following several bungled executions that saw inmates gasping for air during prolonged killings. The court will revisit the 2008 ...

In a victory for death penalty proponents and states, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a part of the drug cocktail used to execute inmates does not violate the Constitution. The 5-4 ruling found ...

The “botched” execution of Clayton Lockett should shatter the illusion that lethal injection is neither cruel nor unusual. Clayton Lockett, left, and Charles Warner (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of ...

Oklahoma is investigating last week's execution of Clayton Lockett — so horribly botched one witness said, "It looked like torture." The state used a mixture of lethal drugs never used before in that ...

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A federal judge says Oklahoma's lethal injection protocols are constitutional and that the state can proceed with the scheduled executions of four death row inmates early next year. U.S. District ...