Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer ...

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 ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of prisoners, from the time the condemned person enters the execution chamber ...

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 ...

Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie’s execution May 20 after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But no members of the media were ...

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 ...

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 ...