(RNS) — At the heart of Alabama’s latest death penalty controversy is Jeffery Lee, who became a Christian mentor to other ...

The only woman on Tennessee’s death row is challenging the state’s execution protocol.

The Supreme Court declined a request from Alabama to move forward with a scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia, with ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of his attorneys said.

A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing his wife more than three decades ago is making a final effort to stop his ...

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — is on ...

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even ...

The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively ...