Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new ...

While manufacturers of FDA-approved injectable pentobarbital are warning states not to use the sedative in executions, some ...

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Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.

A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit brought by three news organizations that say Idaho prison ...

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

Tennessee has paid nearly $600,000 for lethal injection drugs in recent years, but the details are shrouded in secrecy.

A Florida death row inmate, Michael Tanzi, who local authorities referred to as a “fledging serial killer,” is set to be ...

A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago. It is the second time the ...

There is a call for Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to pause executions until a judge reviews the state's new lethal injection ...

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.