N ASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials said they aren't going to release the document ...

The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a decision made less than one month after Tennessee announced it would be ...

Death row inmates have 90 days to review the updated protocol and decide to amend their lawsuit. Kayla Hackney, Tennessee correction spokesperson: The "protocol is not a public record." ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender’s habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee’s death row inmates, said the announcement was “notable for its lack of detail.” ...

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The Tennessee Department of Correction on Thursday ... pentobarbital, to kill the death row inmates, rather than the three-drug cocktail it had previously been using. The department had previously ...

Joe Biden’s commutations for 37 of 40 people on federal death row brought relief for those who feared another killing spree by Donald Trump.