A former neo-Nazi who shot dead two men and a teenager more than a quarter century ago in a shooting spree that targeted black people was executed today.

A double murderer who claimed he was too fat to be safely executed was put to death by lethal injection today.

OHIO executed a religious cult leader yesterday for murdering a family of five of his followers who he thought were not enthusiastic enough about his teachings.

Ohio has executed Jeffrey Lundgren, a cult leader who was convicted of shooting and killing a family of five outside Cleveland in 1989.

In an unprecedented delay, the execution of a man was held up today as a state team worked to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection.