Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new ...

A convicted cop killer who became the second death row inmate in South Carolina to die by firing squad chomped on a ribeye ...

Representatives for Tennessee death row prisoners have formally asked the state to pause all executions, again, until next ...

Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.

While manufacturers of FDA-approved injectable pentobarbital are warning states not to use the sedative in executions, some ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: A ...

A South Carolina man — who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop — opted for a lavish ...

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second ...