The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.

Goethals is the rare jurist to have prosecuted, defended and presided over death penalty cases during a decades-long career.

Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt his ...

Mikal Mahdi murdered an off-duty police officer by shooting him eight times and dousing him in diesel before setting him ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're ...

Dwight Eaglin headed back to the Charlotte County Courthouse Friday for a hearing to determine legal motions in his ...

I watched my client's execution by firing squad. He chose it after three lethal injection executions left men lingering on a ...

Attorneys in the case sought to ban cameras from the courtroom to lessen media attention given to the case, which drew ...

If his execution proceeds, Mahdi will be the second South Carolinian to die by firing squad in the last 40 days, following ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

A second death row inmate has chosen a firing squad for his execution. Friday was the deadline for Mikal Mahdi to make a ...