Kevin Burns says every day is the best day of his life. In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.

Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...

A former music producer convicted of statutory rape and sexual battery by an authority figure was sentenced to more than 40 years in the Tennessee State Department of Corrections Wednesday.

Members of the Chickamauga Nation posted signs Wednesday morning at the proposed new state prison site in Franklin County ...

Federal and state authorities continue to apprehend violent illegal foreign nationals in Tennessee, including members of the ...

The Trump administration says the group should be treated as an invading force. Critics say it’s a pretext for the ...

A lawsuit was filed Friday by nine death row inmates against the state of Tennessee regarding plans for their executions.

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Since the ...

The suit claims the state’s lethal injection protocol constitutes violations of the state and federal constitutions.

“This culture of noncompliance, when combined with the risk-prone nature of pentobarbital poisoning as a method of execution, ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 14 other people are scheduled to be executed in eight ...

The Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act, sponsored by State Rep. Iris Rudder, R-Winchester, secures the ...