A 74-year-old man convicted of killing his wife has become the oldest person to be executed in modern Florida times.

Christa Pike's attorneys argue the execution process will cause her to relive the sexual abuse she suffered as a child.

Alabama is likely taking their fight to defend the state’s controversial nitrogen gas execution method to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appellate court late Wednesday agreed that it was ...

Ms. DeLiberato has represented defendants in death penalty cases for nearly 20 years. Last month, I walked into Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to watch the State of Tennessee kill my client, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The planned execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Tony Carruthers was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials on Thursday called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners ...

Tennessee has called off the execution of a death row inmate convicted of triple murder after his executioners failed to insert a backup intravenous line, prompting the governor to grant a one-year ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Delois Anderson was 43 years old. Marcellos Anderson was 21. Frederick Tucker was 17. For 32 years, their names have remained tied to one man inside Tennessee courtrooms, ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated attempts to find a vein for lethal injection failed. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee then granted Carruthers a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee execution was called off Thursday morning after medical personnel were unable to establish a required backup IV line during more than an hour of attempts, leading ...

Tony Carruthers’ execution was called off Thursday and he was given a one-year reprieve after the state Department of Corrections struggled to find a vein to set a backup injection line. Limited time: ...

This Tennessee Department of Correction photo shows inmate Tony Carruthers. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — In a last-minute emergency order, the Supreme Court on ...