Dennis Sochor was executed by lethal injection for the 1982 murder of 18-year-old Patty Gifford, who was raped and strangled.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Alabama to move forward with a scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from ...

Lethal injection remains the primary method in most states Twenty-eight states and the federal government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an inmate has one or more deadly drugs ...

A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban ...

The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of murder, and an appeals court upheld the decision. By Rick ...

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state's use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...

Tennessee’s failure to execute a man by lethal injection last month after no one could locate a suitable vein led to a rare unmasking: Not only was a practicing physician identified as a participant ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The doctor tasked with starting IV lines for Tennessee executions had not placed a central line in 13 years and does not have hospital privileges, according to a new federal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee failed to carry out a death sentence for a man convicted of a triple murder. Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve for Tony Carruthers after medical ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The planned execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Tony Carruthers was ...

Tennessee halted the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday, his attorney said, after the officers tasked with establishing an intravenous line through which to administer lethal ...