States can still use the sedative drug midazolam in lethal injections, according to today's Supreme Court decision. But how exactly does the drug work, and why do some say that it's unreliable? In a 5 ...

Arkansas has been at the center of a controversial legal battle because of its plan to try and speed up inmate executions before its supply of the drug midazolam expires. The sedative, one of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed ...

Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment — part of arguments over a single drug that has been used in several botched executions. The justices heard ...

WEBVTT CRAIG: WE'RE TOLD THE TEEN ISBEING INTERVIEWED BY POLICETONIGHT.PAIGE: ARKANSAS IS PREPARING TOCARRY OUT TWO EXECUTIONSTOMORROW, DESPITE LEGALCHALLENGES.WE KNOW TWO MEN SET TO BE PUT TODEATH ON ...

In January 2014, convicted rapist and murderer Dennis McGuire was strapped to a gurney in an Ohio prison execution chamber and injected with the sedative midazolam and the opioid hydromorphone.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - One week before executions are scheduled to begin, a new trial began Monday, which could be the last, best hope for the seven men who are scheduled to die later this month.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed ...

The drab curtains rose slowly over the unfolding scene, where behind thick glass, Darius Kimbrough was already strapped to a gurney with IV needles stuck into his arms. His face was peeking out from ...

A Nevada judge effectively put the execution of a two-time killer on hold Wednesday after a pharmaceutical company objected to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death. Clark County ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed Friday ...