Brenda Andrew got a second chance on her appeal after U.S. Supreme Court ordered review of her claims. She now can go back to the high court.

Christa Gail Pike argued in her filing that the new protocol, which relies on one drug instead of three, violates the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions.

Christa Pike is suing the state to halt her execution, arguing Tennessee's lethal injection protocol would constitute cruel and unusual punishment due to her rare blood cancer that affects how her ...

The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Monday, Jan. 26, to review the case of a Mississippi death row inmate who killed a woman ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court has rejected for a second time a claim by Oklahoma's only female death row inmate that her 2004 murder ...