Only woman on TN death row sues state over execution method, claiming it violates her rights, religious beliefs

Christa Gail Pike has been on death row since 1996. She murdered a woman in Knoxville with the help of her then-boyfriend.

Tennessee’s only woman on death row files lawsuit alleging execution method violates rights, religious beliefs

Christa Gail Pike was convicted of hitting Slemmer on the head with a chunk of asphalt, killing her. Prosecutors said she ...

Several Major Texas Death Row Appeals Loom in 2026 Amid Drop in Executions

Appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions ...
Indiana Public Radio

Biden stopped executions of 37 men, most imprisoned in Terre Haute. Trump wants to punish them

A year after former President Joe Biden spared 37 prisoners on federal death row from execution by reducing their sentences ...
WGAL

Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
IJR

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Fights Execution, Citing Brain Damage from Mother’s Drug and Alcohol Use

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are asking the state Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that the judge who sentenced him never considered the extent of his brain damage caused ...