Clemency, the power granted to the governor of a state to reduce or commute a criminal sentence, is a complex legal process that often comes into focus during high-profile capital punishment cases. In ...

Idaho prison officials must let media witnesses at executions watch as lethal injection drugs are prepared and administered to a condemned person, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge ...

Tennessee's corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year, signaling a possible end to a yearslong pause due to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – Joseph Corcoran was ...

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 ...