This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The inmate’s request ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's prisons director said Wednesday the state is ready to carry out an execution next month that would mark its first in more than 13 years. Corrections Director Bryan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Harold Nichols in Tennessee. (Tennessee ...

Local leaders tout more than 200 jobs and economic growth, while residents question potential strain on resources HOUSTON – Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first ...

Nebraska Electric chair becoming historical artifact Robert Williams died 11 years ago sitting in Nebraska's electric chair. It's almost a sure bet he will go down in history as the last man executed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will ...