Following a failed lethal injection in May, dozens of medical professionals in Tennessee have called on the governor to bar healthcare workers from taking part in executions by any method.
Christa Pike, convicted in the 1995 killing of a Knoxville classmate, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday after the governor denied clemency and her lawyers sought a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawyers for Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, argue she should receive clemency and would not face a death sentence if tried today.
Lawyers for Christa Pike, sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of a fellow student, argue she is herself a victim and would not receive the death penalty if tried under today's standards.
Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, is due to be executed within days; her defence says she would not receive a death sentence if tried today.
Pike, convicted of killing a fellow student in 1995, is scheduled to be executed within days; her lawyers argue she should receive clemency.
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a fellow student in 1995, faces execution within days as her defence argues she should not be put to death.
Ker'Sean Ramey, 41, was put to death by lethal injection, the sixth execution carried out by Texas so far this year.
Ker'Sean Ramey, 41, is scheduled for lethal injection in a case tied to a deadly 2005 robbery, the sixth execution in Texas this year.
The court ordered the immediate release of Muhammad Hassan, ruling prosecutors failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman says his office consulted with the defendant's siblings before making the decision in the murder case.
Prosecutors say they will not pursue capital punishment if Reiner is convicted of fatally stabbing his parents in December 2025.
Human rights groups warn that proposed capital punishment laws could be used to suppress political opposition in the aftermath of deadly wildfires.
The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez is seeking capital punishment for singer David Burke, who pleaded not guilty to her killing.
A court in Egypt has handed down death sentences to an influencer and TV presenter along with about a dozen others in a drug trafficking case, according to a France 24 broadcast.
An Egyptian court has sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death for forming a criminal gang to manufacture and traffic narcotics, according to official media.