Bickler in his testimony also disputed the assumption that Smith may have held his breath during his execution to try to purposefully fight the procedure. “As a preliminary matter, this is ...

Katie Hobbs dismissed the retired federal magistrate judge she had appointed to examine execution procedures. This undated photo provided by Karen Price shows her brother, Ted Price, who was ...

“If Airgas becomes aware that the state plans to use or used products purchased from Airgas as part of its execution procedures, then Airgas will promptly address the failure to respect our ...

The protocols established by the Department of Corrections outlining execution procedures call for the prison director, "acting upon the recommendation of the IV/Medical Team Leader," to determine ...

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his upcoming execution, arguing that his obesity and health conditions could cause his chosen method of lethal injection to go wrong.

Sigmon chose firing squad — but he says he was rushed into that choice because of South Carolina’s unlawful execution procedures. In an effort to delay his execution, he filed an emergency appeal at ...

They said Sigmon was forced into choosing a brutal death in what would be the first firing squad execution in the U.S. since 2010 because he feared the state’s lethal injection procedure — if ...

Katie Hobbs dismissed the retired federal magistrate judge she had appointed to examine execution procedures. In 2008, Gunches was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2002 death of Ted Price ...

Katie Hobbs dismissed the retired federal magistrate judge she had appointed to examine execution procedures. Arizona, which has 112 prisoners on death row, last carried out three executions in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about ...