NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter. Smith has been on death watch in a cell next to the execution ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., (AP) — A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of life in prison after ruling that he was ...

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

A man on death row in Tennessee has selected his last meal before his execution later this week. Chip Roy fires new warning as Trump's big bill moves forward: "scam" Ronnie Wood: ‘I was thinking ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee death row inmates are asking a Davidson County court to require the state's Department of Correction to reveal its sources for the drugs used for lethal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Men incarcerated on death row in Tennessee are suing the state over its lethal injection protocol, calling it a violation of the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions.

Tennessee currently has 45 men and one woman on death row. The nine people who have filed the lawsuit are: Oscar Smith, who is scheduled to be executed on May 22, Byron Black, who is scheduled to ...

While the Department of Justice has renounced pentobarbital, Tennessee and about a dozen other states are pushing forward with the drug. Tennessee currently has 45 men and one woman on death row.