Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

Tennessee halted Tony Carruthers’ execution after officials failed to set a required backup IV line. Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve as his lawyer described a painful scene.

If three executions move forward in Arizona, Tennessee and Florida, the U.S. will see the deadliest week for the death ...

Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series of five scheduled across the United States over a ...

An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others ...

A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple’s 4-year-old daughter was put to death ...