State Rep. Jody Barrett (R-Dickson) is asking the Tennessee Department of Correction to be transparent about its lethal ...

A group of Tennessee Republican senators is urging the governor to commission an independent review of a failed execution and ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

The senators want a committee to review lethal injection protocols after the failed execution of Tony Carruthers.

As Christa Pike waits to become first woman executed in Tennessee, here's a look at death penalty cases that ended ...

The Tennessee State Senate gaveled out of session in April, but two months later, nearly half the chamber has aligned against Tennessee executions. Weeks away from Tennessee’s next scheduled lethal ...

(Reuters) - Alabama has reached a settlement with an inmate suffering from terminal cancer and severely compromised veins who survived an execution attempt last month when a lethal injection had to be ...

Tennessee has called off the execution of a death row inmate convicted of triple murder after his executioners failed to insert a backup intravenous line, prompting the governor to grant a one-year ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The planned execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Tony Carruthers was ...