For condemned prisoners in Texas, the final 14 days unfold under a rigidly scripted routine that culminates in the death chamber. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice claims that its execution ...
Byron Black was executed for murders he committed in 1988. Black had a defibrillator in his chest and the Tennessee State Supreme Court ruled last week that it could be carried out without the device ...
Under current procedures, reporters are only allowed to observe once the condemned inmate is already strapped to the gurney.