Alabama can’t execute a prisoner using its current nitrogen execution process, said the man’s lawyers, but that doesn’t mean the state couldn’t change that process. Jeffery Lee was supposed to die by ...

It’s unlikely Gov. Bill Lee will call a death penalty moratorium before Tennessee’s next execution. Calls for a temporary ...

Gov. Bill Lee refuses to review Tennessee's lethal injection protocol after a failed execution attempt.

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is standing by Tennessee’s protocol for lethal injection following the botched execution of Tony ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Darrell Hines are again asking Gov. Bill Lee to delay Hines' scheduled execution, ...

Louisiana has resumed executions using a novel nitrogen gas method — a legacy, in part, of problems getting the drugs used for lethal injections. But the injection method remains on the books in the ...

Florida executed its oldest inmate on Thursday, continuing a sharp increase in executions under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

Most US executions are beset by procedural problems that could lead to insufficient anesthesia in executions. This hypothesis has been supported by findings of low postmortem blood thiopental levels ...