Politics Lee ‘highly disappointed’ in botched execution; Blackburn calls for electric chair Julianne Akers Updated 3 hrs ago Governor weighs in on Correction Department twice failing to kill Christa Pike by lethal injection Wednesday night
Courts Attorney says Byron Black was ‘tortured’ in painful execution Steven Hale, Lilly Sabella and Steve Cavendish, Nashville BannerUpdated May 21, 2026 Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without deactivating it
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Photo: Daniel MeigsUpdated Aug 6, 2025 Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, which houses the state's death row population
Home Not enough Feb 6, 2011 The Tennessean's Brian Haas examines Tennessee's lethal injection options as the state - with 86 people on death row - only has enough cocktai…
Business Lethal correction Feb 3, 2011 In the Scene, Woods gets into the fight over the three-drug cocktail: There is a clear-cut solution that's acknowledged even by lawyers for co…
Business The Pardoner's Tale Jan 12, 2011 The governor commutes another death penalty sentence to life, commuted three other sentences, pardoned 22 people and exonerated another.
Home Not That Simple Kleinheider Apr 18, 2008 R. Neal explains that yesterday's Kentucky Supreme Court ruling seemingly vindicating the three drug protocol for lethal injection create more…
