A federal appeals court says Alabama's use of nitrogen gas for executions needs more study to see if it violates the ...

Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) delayed the execution of Tony Carruthers by one year after the inmate experienced a “botched” execution on Thursday. Executioners failed to find a vein to insert the mandatory ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

Tennessee officials halted the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers after medical staff could not secure a required backup ...

The person charged with administering the lethal drug failed to find a vein, and the execution was aborted, according to a ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

Richard Knight, 47, received a lethal three-drug injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke, in what would be ...

Lawyers for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection ...

Attorneys call for a pause as litigation is underway, challenging the state’s current lethal injection protocol.

Defense attorneys are urging Gov. Bill Lee to pause all executions in Tennessee after what they call a botched lethal ...