Christa Gail Pike — who was sentenced to death as a teen for the brutal 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer — is suing ...

Christa Gail Pike argued in her filing that the new protocol, which relies on one drug instead of three, violates the U.S.

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate is certain to fire up the debate over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment -- the phrase written into the U.S. Constitution and ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...

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At first Oklahoma prison officials suspected that a new drug combination caused Clayton Lockett to writhe in pain and clench his teeth during a botched execution. But a new autopsy report reveals that ...

And I'm Robert Siegel. A botched execution in Oklahoma last week has turned a spotlight on how states put inmates to death. In all 32 states that have the death penalty, lethal injection is the ...

After a delay in executions sparked by controversy in botched lethal injections, Ohio has scheduled 10 death-row prisoners for executions starting in February, NBC News reported. The next inmate ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

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