Nashville — Thirty-three years after he raped and killed a little Knoxville girl, Billy Ray Irick took his last, loud breaths in Tennessee’s execution chamber. And I watched. As a WBIR journalist, I ...

EVANSVILLE — A federal judge declined to force Indiana prison officials to let journalists witness executions while a lawsuit brought by several news organizations proceeds. Judge Matthew P. Brookman, ...

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches has been denied his choice of two witnesses for his execution, according to his legal advisor. Gunches' advisor claims the Arizona Department of Corrections ...

An Arizona Republic reporter was among the media witnesses to the execution of Aaron Gunches in Florence on Wednesday. Gunches was put to death for killing Ted Price. He kidnapped and shot Price ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie's early Tuesday execution after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But ...

Forty-three years after Randy White's wife was murdered just minutes after he kissed her goodbye for the last time, he has witnessed the execution of her killer. Kayle Barrington Bates, 67, was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Oscar Franklin Smith became the first man in five years to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday, and News 2’s Tori Gessner was selected to witness it. Smith was convicted of ...

Little is known about Indiana’s protocols for using pentobarbital, a drug used by Department of Correction officials to carry out two recent state executions. (Getty Images) Questions remain about ...