The upcoming execution of Oscar Franklin Smith has caused a deeper look into the history and methods of execution and current ways Death Row offenders are managed.

Zine Fest returns for its eighth year at the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library (CPL) this Saturday, with an entire day of ...

There are dozens of countries that harness capital punishment to deter the flow of illegal drugs within their borders. That ...

There are several changes that they’ve made that I’m not sure why. The guys aren’t sure why. Words that I heard on Monday night are, ‘it’s just evil,'” ...

Tennessee recently scheduled its first executions after a five-year hiatus. Authors Steven Hale and Margaret Vandiver talk ...

There was a time when Harpootlian was the Fifth Circuit solicitor, putting him face to face with the most notorious serial killer in South Carolina history: Pee Wee Gaskins.

But the Bayou State is not the only death penalty state with a wrongful conviction problem. Death row exonerations – when someone is released after being sentenced – have become more common in the ...

A new book explores the secretive, complicated history of lethal injection and its relationship to the death penalty.

Dick Harpootlian has a new book discussing his prosecution of notorious South Carolina serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins.