Lawyers for a death row inmate in the US are arguing that he shouldn't be executed because he's too obese for it.

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 ...

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.

Washington DC - A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana on Tuesday, ...

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could lead to a botched lethal injection.

A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.44 ...

Earlier this month, the state of South Carolina executed 67-year-old Brad Sigmon via firing squad for the 2001 killings of ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who faces execution for murdering Janet Acosta, 49, may be spared the death penalty due to his obesity and ...