Nation Oct 02 Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press
Nation Oct 01 Watch 6:27 What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Her attorneys say she is alive and in critical condition after being given two separate doses of pentobarbital meant to kill her. Pike… By Amna Nawaz, Sam Weber, Ali Schmitz
Nation Oct 01 Christa Gail Pike wasn't Tennessee's first failed execution this year. Here's what to know A failed execution in Tennessee is raising more questions about the state’s capital punishment protocols after Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of a lethal injection Wednesday evening. By Maria Ramirez Uribe
Nation Aug 18 Florida to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed. By David Fischer, Associated Press
Nation Aug 13 Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama put men to death as U.S. states schedule 3 executions on same day The last time three executions were carried out on the same day was on Jan. 7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio and Texas put inmates to death. By Kim Chandler, Travis Loller, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
Aug 12 3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010 By Kim Chandler, Travis Loller, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. Continue reading
Jul 28 Florida executes ex-police officer convicted of murder, first of 2 lethal injections set for single day By David Fischer, Associated Press Since the beginning of 2025, Florida has carried out nearly half the state executions nationwide. Continue reading
Jul 14 Florida to execute 3 of its oldest death row inmates by the end of the month By David Fischer, Associated Press Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last. Continue reading
Jun 12 Supreme Court nixes Alabama request for nitrogen execution, which lower court ruled unconstitutional By Kim Chandler, Associated Press An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is unconstitutionally cruel, issuing a brief order that came well after… Continue reading
Jun 10 What to know about execution methods in the U.S. after judge blocks Alabama from using nitrogen gas By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Continue reading