lethal injections

Gov. Bill Haslam says corrections officials have told him Tennessee's first execution since 2009 was handled in a "very professional manner."Haslam told…

The Tennessee Supreme Court is fast-tracking the appeal in a challenge of the state's lethal injection drugs.After the move Monday, Justice Sharon Lee…

Tennessee is set to execute its first inmate since 2009 on Thursday evening, barring any last-minute intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court or some…

A Tennessee judge on Thursday upheld the state's use of controversial drugs to execute inmates after a challenge by 33 inmates on death row.Federal public…

A county judge ruled the state's use of the lethal injection was constitutional, but further appeals are all but certain.

Bill Haslam signed into law a measure that allows the state to opt for the electric chair if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

When things go wrong during an execution, the people responsible for carrying it out experience stressful, chaotic scenes. But even when the process goes right, it can take a lasting toll.

Kentucky is one step closer to resuming executions. The state Justice Cabinet Thursday sent its proposed changes to the state's lethal injection process…

Critics of Kentucky's proposed new death penalty method have asked officials to make multiple changes to how executions are carried out now that the state…