A death penalty expert said Christa Pike’s ability to understand her punishment could become a key issue if her reported ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew a death warrant for the first time in nearly eight years, calling off William Lee Thompson's Tuesday lethal injection days af ...

Two scheduled executions a week apart have highlighted the ongoing debate over the practice of lethal injection in the US, ...

A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year and the first since ...

In the first interview with Christa Pike's family, the aunt who helped raise her is sharing her side of the story.

Christa Pike was “kind and polite” and even tried to help her executioners during her botched lethal injection, her lawyer said.

Lawyers for a Texas death row inmate are looking to block his execution following the botched lethal injection attempts against Christa Pike in Tennessee. Jamaal Howard is scheduled for execution ...

'While there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach at this particular time,' Justice Minister Sean Fraser said OTTAWA — The federal government intends to ...

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Death row inmate Christa Pike survived her execution in Tennessee on Wednesday, reviving debate over a pattern of botched lethal injections in the United States.

Tennessee canceled its remaining scheduled execution this year after Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, survived ...

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike remained alive after two doses of a lethal injection drug, prompting Gov. Bill Lee to halt the state’s remaining execution this year and order an outside review ...