Capital Punishment

Jeffrey Weisheit was executed at Indiana State Prison for the 2010 murders of two children, marking the state's first execution amid fierce debate over transparency.

Governor Gavin Newsom has announced the commutation of all 548 death row sentences in California to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The decision, which aims to end state-sanctioned executions, now heads to the state Supreme Court for necessary reviews.

Governor Gavin Newsom has moved to commute the sentences of all 548 inmates on California's death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This decision marks a definitive end to the death penalty era in the state as the governor prepares to leave office.

Newly released 911 audio reveals that prison staff and emergency responders spent roughly half an hour debating whether a call for help from inside the execution chamber was a hoax after inmate Christa Pike survived a botched execution.

Death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to a Tennessee prison following a botched execution attempt.

Death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center after surviving a botched execution attempt.

Christa Pike has regained consciousness and begun walking in her hospital room after surviving a failed execution at a Tennessee prison.

Texas executed Jamaal Howard by lethal injection on Wednesday, making him the 30th person put to death in the US in 2026.

Christa Pike is recovering in a hospital after surviving a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, prompting her legal team to demand a sentence commutation.

Christa Pike, who survived a botched lethal injection in Tennessee, is now conscious and speaking in intensive care as legal and political fallout grows.

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in a hospital nearly a week after surviving a botched lethal injection attempt in Tennessee.

Christa Gail Pike survived a lethal injection attempt in Tennessee after officials administered two doses of pentobarbital, leading the governor to halt all remaining executions for the year.

Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection during a botched execution at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution and was hospitalized.

The execution of Christa Pike, who would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in over 200 years, was halted less than an hour before it was set to occur.

A federal appeals court temporarily halted the execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee's only female death row inmate, to review her trauma claims.