A man believed to be the mastermind behind the execution-style killings of an attorney outside his Los Angeles County home in 2009 and an ex-employee who filed a class action lawsuit against him in ...

A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban ...

Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Supporters of Gary Wayne Sutton, the man convicted of murdering a brother and sister in Blount and Sevier counties in 1992, are speaking out about concerns with Tennessee’s ...

Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a backup injection vein in a botched execution attempt ...

Rainwater pooled along the pavement outside Florida State Prison as the state executed Richard Knight at 6:13 p.m. Thursday. Knight had been convicted of the 2002 murders of 24-year-old Odessia ...

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 ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated attempts to find a vein for lethal injection failed. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee then granted Carruthers a ...

Tennessee halted the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday, his attorney said, after the officers tasked with establishing an intravenous line through which to administer lethal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers has been called off, and he will remain on death row for another year. In a statement given to News 2, TDOC said medical personnel ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve Thursday after Tennessee halted the planned execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers amid reported problems establishing IV ...