Charles Flores argued that his conviction was improperly based on testimony from a witness who changed her recollection after hypnosis by an investigator.

Tennessee halted Tony Carruthers’ execution after officials failed to set a required backup IV line. Gov. Bill Lee granted a one-year reprieve as his lawyer described a painful scene.

The magicians' criticism of the "investigative hypnosis" used on a key witness in a murder trial did not persuade the Supreme Court to take the case.

A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing his wife more than three decades ago is making a final effort to stop his scheduled execution later this month. Attorneys for Dusty Ray Spencer have

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even though a lower court acknowledged a key witness lied on stand, marking the third time the conservative high court has backed an inmate sentenced to death in recent weeks.

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of his attorneys said.

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

The plan includes transporting inmates from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute in Indiana.

"These individuals are asking that their death penalties be converted to life sentences, and we do not believe that that is appropriate," Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said.