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

Tennessee called off Tony Von Carruthers’ execution after officials failed to establish a required backup IV line.

Attorneys argue the reprieve granted to Tony Carruthers should extend to all other executions. The mother of a death row ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed concerns about Florida’s lethal injection procedure on Tuesday, urging more transparency as the Supreme Court denied a man’s emergency bid to avoid execution later in ...

South Carolina uses two, massive five-gram doses of pentobarbital to execute death row inmates who choose lethal injection. Long hinted at in autopsies, court filings and by attorneys representing the ...

Scalia and Thomas said Roberts' opinion did not go far enough in insulating states from challenges to their lethal injection procedures, which were instituted to make executions more humane. A "method ...

Florida has sharply increased executions as inmates allege errors in lethal injection drugs and procedures.