The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney General told the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop using pentobarbital, the same drug Tennessee selected in its new execution protocol, because it's ...

“Because it cannot be said with reasonable confidence that the current execution protocol ‘not ... 2022 after a report and lawsuits revealed Tennessee wasn’t following its own rules when ...

The pentobarbital protocol was adopted by Bill Barr, attorney general during Trump's first term, to replace a three-drug mix ...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland also ordered the DOJ to evaluate other potential manners of execution. Tennessee announced it had changed its execution protocol to using pentobarbital for ...

Murderous Mary” was executed in the town of Erwin, Tennessee, more than a century ago, and her saddening story still ...

The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a decision made less than one month after Tennessee announced it would be ...

The Constitution prohibits execution methods that are “cruel and unusual.” Several states also have policies allowing single-drug executions with pentobarbital. Tennessee announced last month ...