More than two years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith — admitting that correction officials ...

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Tennessee announced Friday a new method that could allow the state to resume executions after the last scheduled execution was abruptly halted in 2022.

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 Oscar Smith, the state announced a new lethal injection ...

The United States carried out executions in public ... Ahead of Corcoran's scheduled execution, the heads of the Hoosier State Press Association, Indiana Broadcasters Association, Freedom of ...

Only Texas has carried out more executions since Oklahoma resumed lethal injections three years ago. Oklahoma started doing ...

Donald Trump was planning another “execution spree” on federal death row. That won’t happen after Joe Biden commuted many prisoners’ death sentences.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal ...

Indeed, the essential legacy of Anglo-American clemency power is mercy — the executive (royal) prerogative to sand down the ...

Texas lawmakers who stopped the execution of Robert Roberson hoped to hear testimony from him on Friday. After a motion filed by the Texas Attorney General's Office, that did not happen.