James Duckett hopes a long-sought forensic exam might halt his scheduled lethal injection next week. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union Correctional Institution. Gov. Ron ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee’s sole female death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in more than 200 years.

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

Iran executed three men on Thursday who were accused of killing police officers during protests in January, with activists warning of the risk of a new surge in hangings as war rages with Israel and ...

The Iranian government has reportedly treated a 19-year-old athlete to a public execution, hanging him on Thursday. The country’s judiciary went through with plans to put wrestler Saleh Mohammadi to ...

Iran has carried out the public execution of a 19-year-old wrestler in a case that is drawing strong reactions from rights groups and activists across the world. Saleh Mohammadi was executed in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iran executed three men on Thursday who were accused of killing police officers during protests in January, with activists warning ...