Tennessee's method of killing death row inmates comes into sharp focus Tuesday, with Christa Gail Pike facing an execution ...

Harold Wayne Nichols previously chose the electric chair in 2020 before the pandemic stopped executions.

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As day two of a hearing that could decide the fate of the only woman on Tennessee's death row ran late ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama executing death row inmate Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas after finding that it violates the US Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment ...

According to a new Pew Research poll, 66% of Americans said they either “strongly favor” (30%) or “somewhat favor” (36%) the ...

WEST MONROE, La. — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row walked away from the possibility of execution ...

Lethal injection remains the primary method in most states Twenty-eight states and the federal government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an inmate has one or more deadly drugs ...