FILE - Federal Public Defender Kelley Henry speaks during a news conference about Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith during a news conference from the the Middle Tennessee FPD's ...

Zimbabwe has announced that it has abolished death penalty in its statues nearly 20 years after it carried out its last execution, a top government official said on Tuesday. Martin Rushwaya ...

the states that are now most actively carrying out executions are among the least safe for the public and the most dangerous for police," according to his study released last month. The death ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith — admitting that correction officials were not following their own execution ...

More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith — admitting that correction officials were not following their own execution protocols — the state has ...

Tennessee Has a New Execution Method, 2.5 Years After Last Scheduled Execution Abruptly Halted NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate ...

A lawsuit and other complications prevented Indiana and many other states from obtaining the mixture of drugs used in its lethal injection protocol after the state completed its last execution in ...

Forty-five were killed in late December, and the remaining 57 were executed within the last 48 hours. A flight of 70 more people from Kinshasa has arrived at Angenga, but the government hasn't ...

Two convicted murderers who were spared from execution by Joe Biden’s controversial clemency last month have told a federal court they want to remain on death row instead. Shannon Agofsky and ...

GENEVA: Iranian authorities reportedly executed more than 900 people last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United Nations rights chief said on Tuesday. “It is deeply ...

An Indiana death row inmate is dead after being executed Wednesday morning for the first time in 15 years. Last taking place in 2009 by lethal injection, the death penalty was put on pause in the ...