How Missouri denied condemned men spiritual advisers at their deaths

It was the second time Missouri officials had denied someone their spiritual adviser in their dying moments. Yet, the state ...

Louisiana death row inmate seeks to halt execution as state unseals nitrogen gas protocol

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to ...
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Media coalition sues Tennessee prison officials to get more access to executions

A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media's access ...
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Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate’s heart-regulating implanted device at execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate ‘s implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a ...