California correctional officials on Friday asked state regulators to approve a revised method of carrying out death sentences after years of delays that have stalled executions since 2006.The new ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Governor Schwarzenegger of California said his administration will change the state’s method of lethal injection to guarantee the execution procedure doesn’t inflict pain or discomfort ...

As California moves forward Friday with a crucial public hearing to air its new lethal injection procedures, death penalty foes are taking aim at the details in a plan that could lead to the ...