An Idaho representative seeks to shield execution team members, and grant greater power to the state prison director over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little is known about Indiana's protocols for using pentobarbital, a drug used by Department of Correction officials to carry out ...

Richard Jordan's execution is pending a response from the U.S. Supreme Court to his petition for review. Mississippi has executed 23 people since the nationwide moratorium on executions was lifted in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Davidson County chancellor has ordered state prison officials to allow official witnesses to see more of the process when an inmate is put to death. Several media groups including ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a man scheduled to be put to death next week alleges that Florida prison officials used expired drugs in at least four recent executions. Prison drug supply logs ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie’s early Tuesday execution after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But ...

Little is known about Indiana’s protocols for using pentobarbital, a drug used by Department of Correction officials to carry out two recent state executions. (Getty Images) Questions remain about ...