Billy Leon Kearse, whose execution is set for March 3 at 6:00 PM, filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking the Florida Supreme Court to allow him access to unredacted records from two very recent ...

Major Tennessee news outlets including the company that owns WBIR are pushing to make more of the state's execution process open for public scrutiny. Broadcaster TEGNA Inc., along with the Associated ...

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 ...

Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan's execution is scheduled for June 25th, amidst legal challenges to the state's three-drug protocol. Jordan's attorneys argue for the use of Pentobarbital, ...

Several news organizations, including Tennessean publisher Gannett, have sued two state corrections officials for greater access to the execution process, much of which is hidden from public view. The ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s Department of Corrections commissioner and a prison warden over the limitations the state’s execution methods present to ...