Richard Dieter

Ohio makes plans to execute inmates with 1-drug method untried on prisoners. Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward ? albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners.

Even when executions are not carried out, the death penalty costs US states hundreds of millions of dollars a year, depleting budgets in the midst of economic crisis, a study released Tuesday found.

Ohio considering bone, muscle injection in prison death chamber in wake of failed execution. Ohio is considering injecting lethal drugs into inmates' bone marrow or muscles as an alternative to ? or a backup for ? the traditional intravenous execution procedure, a prisons department spokeswoman said Tuesday.

September's botched execution of a US inmate, whose veins could not take a lethal injection, has led Ohio to call a moratorium that may prompt a wholesale reexamination of the execution method.

September's botched execution of a US inmate, whose veins could not take a lethal injection, has led Ohio to call a moratorium that may prompt a wholesale reexamination of the execution method.

Dilemma in case against Aryan Warrior isnÕt new, but has big significance here. Federal prosecutors here and in Washington are weighing whether to seek the death penalty for the reputed leader of a violent white supremacy prison gang awaiting trial on murder and racketeering charges. If they prevail, Ronald L. (Joey) Sellers would be the first in decades in Nevada to die at the hands of the United States government.

The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.

The lawyer for an inmate whose execution was halted after an unprecedented two hours said trying to put him to death again in a week could be a disaster.

After his lethal injection was delayed for hours because of his own attorney's appeal request, an Ohio inmate condemned for the 1984 rape and slaying of a teen girl tried to help hasten his own death as his executioners had trouble finding usable veins.

Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding usable veins for the lethal injection even after the inmate tried to help.

Sotomayor's views on death penalty could get early test on Supreme Court. As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism.

Neb. gov OKs lethal injection bill; opponents predict executions won't happen for 'a while'. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed a bill Thursday to change the state's method of execution from electrocution to lethal injection, although observers said it could be years before the law is applied.

Case of soldier spared death for Iraqi slayings may signal greater combat stress awareness. There's no question ex-soldier Steven Dale Green raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her parents and sister.

Colo. considers ending costly death penalty, using savings to investigate cold cases. Colorado is one of 10 states that have considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado's proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings.

Death penalty opponents in the United States hope New Mexico's decision to ban capital punishment is a turning point, as a crippling economic crisis becomes their latest argument for abolition.

Unusual Split Verdicts in Deaths of Ohio Mother and Fetus Could Open Appeal Path, Experts Say. An unusual verdict in the case of a former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover opens up possible grounds for appeal if he's sentenced to death, some legal experts say.

Nebraska Supreme Court Says Electrocution Unconstitutional As Cruel and Unusual Punishment. A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.