A federal appeals court says Alabama's use of nitrogen gas for executions needs more study to see if it violates the ...

Tennessee set out to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, but he lived to tell about it. Carruthers, who was sentenced to ...

Lawyers for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection ...

Tony Carruthers was granted a one-year reprieve from death after his executioners failed to find a vein for lethal injection.

LIBERTY, Mo. (WDAF) — Joshua Rocha was sentenced to death by lethal injection on Monday after he was found guilty of murdering North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez. North Kansas City ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – Tennessee death row inmate Tony Carruthers, who was facing execution by lethal injection Thursday morning, was granted a one year stay of execution after officials struggled ...

In a lawsuit, convicted killer Christa Pike is arguing Tennessee's lethal injection procedure would be cruel and unusual punishment.

Florida executed Andrew Lukehart today, June 2, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1996 murder ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko on Friday chose to die by lethal injection after his lawyers said he was troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the ...

Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in 1997.