Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indiana officials have faced repeated legal challenges over secrecy surrounding executions and the cost of lethal injection drugs.

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly a year ago, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested to a room full of reporters that he was preparing to make some sort of announcement about Ohio’s broken-down death penalty system. “We’ve ...