Tennessee’s third execution of 2025 came with controversies over method, and Gov. Lee denying clemency despite moral and ...

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Tennesseans could get a first look into the state’s embattled lethal injection protocol soon following a judge’s ruling in Knox County. The Tennessee Department of Correction closely guarded ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite concerns from his attorneys that a device implanted to ...

ATMORE, Ala. -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Attorneys for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward and the Indiana Attorney General’s Office are sparring before the state’s highest court over whether Ward’s tentative ...

U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson dismissed Nichols' lawsuit on Nov. 26, ruling that the statute of limitations barred him ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta man’s scheduled execution on Wednesday has been suspended by the State Board of Pardons ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal ...

ATMORE, AL -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was ...