The death penalty, or capital punishment, is the state-enacted execution of a person as punishment for a capital crime.

Tennessee is citing confidentiality laws intended to protect the identities of individuals involved in executions.

Tennessee prison officials say they won't publicly release the the state's latest manual for executing death row inmates.

Tarrant County now leads Dallas County in the number of people awaiting execution, according to state prison data and court ...

President Joe Biden applied DEI to all areas of his administration, but in its waning days, he spared 37 murderers and ...

The nearly 1,000-day stretch without a new death sentence is Oklahoma’s longest since at least 1974, according to data ...

TDOC said the Tennessee Supreme Court is still responsible for scheduling execution dates before they can resume.

The Tennessee Department of Correction has created a new lethal injection protocol, clearing the way for the state to ...

More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith, the state has announced a new lethal ...

The nearly 1,000-day stretch without a new death sentence is Oklahoma’s longest since at least 1974, according to data ...