The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court's order that would have let media witnesses view more parts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The State Newspaper reporter Ted Clifford was a media witness to the execution by firing squad of Stephen Bryant. Bryant pleaded ...

Nashville — Thirty-three years after he raped and killed a little Knoxville girl, Billy Ray Irick took his last, loud breaths in Tennessee’s execution chamber. And I watched. As a WBIR journalist, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After attending and witnessing the execution of Mark Dean Schwab in 2008, I told myself I would never do it again. There's ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — More than 36 years after Michael Sheridan was killed, his brother was able to witness his killer’s execution. “Make no mistake, Ronald Palmer Heath never ever imagined, let ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an order allowing media to view more parts of executions, reinstating previous protocols ahead of an upcoming execution.

A capital defense attorney reflects on the final hours of her client’s life and the enduring fight for dignity amid state-sanctioned death. EDITORS NOTE: Claudia Van Wyk is a senior staff attorney ...