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

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

The protocol that took effect in 2025 sheds new light on Tony Carruthers’ botched execution, when Dr. Mark Fowler spent ...

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

Yet another Tennessee Republican lawmaker is pressuring Gov. Bill Lee’s administration for a full accounting of a botched ...

Christa Pike's lawyers have raised concerns following the 'botched' attempt to execute death row inmate Tony Carruthers ...

It might sound eerily similar to a Black Mirror episode but remarkably it is true that volunteers will soon be able to shoot ...

Why are more states than ever in the US using the firing squad as a method of execution? With chief reporter for Guardian US Ed Pilkington ...

Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face a barrage of fatal bullets – after the state adopted the firing squad as its ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those ...

A controversial new rule in Idaho will allow volunteers to shoot and kill death row inmates. The state has become the first ...