The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the death of an inmate in Rutherford County.

The most recent U.S. execution took place Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, who ...

Amid drug shortages for lethal injection and legal challenges against the new methods, executions were paused for about 13 ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Four people are now set for execution in 2025 after years of Tennessee pausing its execution process for death penalty cases.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state of Tennessee has filed orders to reset execution dates for death row inmates Byron Black, ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause. The temporary reprieve was ordered by Gov. Bill Lee after it came to ...

He successfully lobbied to have the state put off his execution during the COVID-19 pandemic, and had his death pushed back ...

Tennessee is expected to resume its death penalty soon, after executions were halted for years while the state's process was ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for Oscar Smith, Byron Black, Donald Middlebrooks and Harold Nichols.

The last electrocution took place in 2020 in Tennessee. Texas used electrocution from 1924 ... New Hampshire’s remaining ...