Faced with shortage of lethal injection drugs, US state renovating its long-defunct gas chamber and buying chemicals to manufacture same gas used by Nazis in Auschwitz

Faced with shortage of lethal injection drugs, US state renovating its long-defunct gas chamber and buying chemicals to manufacture cyanide gas, better known as 'Zyklon B'

Founder of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Frazier Glenn Miller had testified at trial that he wanted to kill Jews before he died

Attorneys argue Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. shouldn't have represented himself, death penalty is unconstitutional; shooter yelled 'Heil Hitler' when sentenced to death for 2014 attack

Justices agree to hear appeal filed by Trump administration, in a case that will test Biden's opposition to capital punishment

Not clear when Ruhollah Zam’s sentence will be carried out, but he can appeal and judiciary chief can order a retrial if he finds it violates Shariah law

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to a cell blamed for the jailing, torture and murder of Western hostages in Syria

Bureau of Prisons carried out eight executions this year after 17-year hiatus; three more planned before inauguration

Kingdom denies rights group's claim it is seeking to execute a number of young men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed when they were juveniles

Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in custody since 2013 fighting charge leveled against him by supervisor of factory he once worked at