A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions.

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

Florida is on track to more than double the state record number of executions; the state’s previous high was eight in 2014. This year, 15 inmates have been executed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed ...

Faith leaders called for the halt of state executions and a complete end to the death penalty in Tennessee. “Together, the Catholics in Tennessee, led by the three bishops, the three dioceses of the ...

On Jan. 17, 2006, California carried out what would turn out to be the last execution in the Golden State in the next two ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. The execution of a death row inmate in Oklahoma this past week has reignited the debate over the use of lethal injection in this country.