Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed on September 30.

Despite a record of botched executions, three states including Tennessee plan to kill by lethal injection on Thursday.

Tennessee officials were forced to call off the execution of Tony Carruthers when Department of Correction medical staff were unable to find a vein in order to administer the lethal injection.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 (Reuters) - Texas is set to put to death convicted rapist and murderer Robert James Campbell on Tuesday in the first execution in the United States since a botched lethal ...

Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) delayed the execution of Tony Carruthers by one year after the inmate experienced a “botched” execution on Thursday. Executioners failed to find a vein to insert the mandatory ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Defense attorneys are calling on Gov. Bill Lee to pause all executions in Tennessee following the failed lethal injection of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday, May ...

FILE - The gurney used for lethal injections sits behind glass windows in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga., Sept. 7, 2007. (Ben ...

Dr. Mark Fowler, involved in a halted execution in May, is set to oversee Christa Pike's execution despite challenges to Tennessee's lethal injection process.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The doctor in Tennessee's recent botched execution confirmed Friday that he will oversee next month's planned execution of Christa ...