The US Supreme Court is due to review the use of lethal injection drugs following several bungled executions that saw inmates gasping for air during prolonged killings. The court will revisit the 2008 ...

As Georgia plans for its first execution in two years, a trove of records provides us with new information — and raises new questions — about the state’s lethal injection process.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia’s list of approved lethal injection drugs now includes one of the chemicals used in an Ohio execution that led to a lawsuit by the inmate’s family who says his death was ...

Death row inmate who murdered 3 people execution-style set for lethal injection - LeJames Norman was arrested about five ...

The prolonged execution of Joseph Wood has spotlighted the secrecy surrounding drugs used for lethal injection. Wood, a convicted murderer, died Wednesday nearly two hours after receiving what ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection drugs at his execution on Thursday, a growing ...

The US Supreme Court is under increasing pressure to consider halting death sentences by lethal injection after a convicted Arizona killer took two hours to die. Opponents and supporters of capital ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly all lethal injection executions have occurred in states —including Texas — where veterinarians are not allowed to use the same method to euthanize animals, according to a new study ...

A 30-year-old Williamsburg man sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of an elderly woman could become the first Virginia inmate executed using a new combination of drugs. Jerry Terrell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica Before I joined ProPublica in 2021, I had spent a year writing about a Georgia prison ...