Tennesseans could get a first look into the state’s embattled lethal injection protocol soon following a judge’s ruling in Knox County. The Tennessee Department of Correction closely guarded ...

An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by lethal injection in August reportedly showed "sustained cardiac activity" for nearly two minutes after Byron Black was ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal ...

ATMORE, AL -- Thirteen minutes into his execution by injection, an Alabama inmate heaved and coughed and appeared to move during tests meant to determine consciousness. Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection before his Dec. 11 execution. Nichol declined to make his choice Nov. 10, a statement ...

The Florida Supreme Court is being asked to step in and stop the clock on Ronald Heath’s upcoming execution, as his legal team levels explosive accusations of "reckless maladministration" against the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s Department of Corrections commissioner and a prison warden over the limitations the state’s execution methods present to ...

With just weeks until Indiana’s third scheduled execution in less than a year, debate continues around the state’s supply of pentobarbital — and whether the execution drug can be safely used to kill ...

Richard Randolph died by lethal injection Thursday at 6:12 p.m. inside the Union Correctional Institution. More than three decades ago, he was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of the manager ...

Nichols' execution is scheduled for Dec. 11. He is hoping to get records related to lethal injection in Tennessee. Harold Wayne Nichols, who has two weeks to decide how the state will kill him, is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday said he will not intervene to stop the execution of Harold Wayne Nichols. Nichols, 64, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday ...