Oct 02 Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Twenty-seven states have capital punishment, and they vary widely in how they administer the death penalty and just how much of that lethal process they keep hidden from public view, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 6:27 What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike By Amna Nawaz, Sam Weber, Ali Schmitz 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… Continue watching
Oct 01 The latest on Christa Pike's case and Tennessee's previously botched executions By Maria Ramirez Uribe 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. Continue reading
Oct 01 Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt By Kimberly Chandler, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. She was being treated at a hospital, but they said they hadn’t been told about her condition. Continue reading
Sep 30 Court halts execution of Christa Gail Pike for a Tennessee murder she committed at age 18 By Kim Chandler, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Tennessee's execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual… Continue reading
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 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
Apr 21 Man convicted of setting neighbor on fire during 1990 burglary is executed in Florida By David Fischer, Associated Press Florida's fifth execution of 2026 followed a record 19 executions in the state last year. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis oversaw more executions in a single year in 2025 than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Continue reading