Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed ...

Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

FILE - Capital punishment protesters pray on the grounds of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the scheduled ...

Tennessee hasn't executed an inmate on death row since early 2020, but now the new drug meant to restart the death penalty is ...

Seventeen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Tennessee is set to execute the first inmate under its new death penalty protocol next week, and some critics argue the new ...

Before Rogers’ death, the most recent U.S. execution was in Florida and took place May 1, when Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, died ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee is set to execute the first inmate under its new death penalty protocol next week, and some critics argue the new protocol is worse than before.

Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indiana is one of two that bars media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted ...

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the ...

One week before a man is set to die at the hands of the state, church leaders are sharing a message of hope for a better outcome.

Prosecutors noted aggravating factors that justify the death penalty, specifically that Hayes ... but both are from the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Young has not been charged in connection ...