In a lawsuit, convicted killer Christa Pike is arguing Tennessee's lethal injection procedure would be cruel and unusual ...

Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of a 1994 triple murder in Memphis, was set to be put to death at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve Thursday after Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers amid problems ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee granted death row inmate Tony Carruthers a one-year reprieve from execution following a failed ...

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s Department of Corrections commissioner and a prison warden over the limitations the state’s execution methods present to ...

Crafty death-row lawyers and bleeding-heart judges get the blame, but the public might just as well point the finger at state government itself for Tennessee's failure to carry out death sentences.

A fierce legal battle is unfolding before the Florida Supreme Court over whether to halt the upcoming execution of death row ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will ...