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.

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.

The man who killed an Orangeburg police officer has decided he will be executed by firing squad, S.C. Department of ...

Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

Edward James was executed in Florida for 1993 murders, with courts denying stays despite claims of his cognitive decline.

The state of Florida carried out the execution of Edward James by lethal injection on Thursday night for the 1993 murders of ...

More than 31 years after the brutal murders of a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Edward James, 63, ...

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas or firing squads?

James was renting a room in Dick's home in Casselberry when he committed the crimes that led to his death sentence. He was convicted of strangling and raping Dick's 8-year-old granddaughter, Toni ...

A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was ...

Edward James, 63, was executed by the State of Florida on Thursday for the 1993 murders of 8-year-old Toni Neuner and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick.