Federal attorneys for Harold Wayne Nichols, the only death row inmate from the Chattanooga area, have filed a lawsuit against ...

Death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols is scheduled to be executed on December 11, but must choose his method of execution by ...

If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern U.S. history.

Attorneys for death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are suing the State of Tennessee, accusing prison officials of violating ...

Several news organizations, including Tennessean publisher Gannett, have sued two state corrections officials for greater ...

The complaint filed this week in Nashville argues witnesses should see the full execution process, from start to finish.

The Tennessee Supreme Court have set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row.

If Christa Gail Pike’s execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee since the state began to formally document capital punishment more than a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for nine death row prisoners, bucking a national movement away from capital punishment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age ...