Clemency, the power granted to the governor of a state to reduce or commute a criminal sentence, is a complex legal process that often comes into focus during high-profile capital punishment cases. In ...

Idaho prison officials must let media witnesses at executions watch as lethal injection drugs are prepared and administered to a condemned person, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge ...

The merits of strategy are not in form but in execution. Strategies remain incomplete until handed off and executed—often to people uninvolved in the planning process. These individuals are crucial ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie's early Tuesday execution after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But ...