Capital Punishment

The Democrat-controlled chamber approved the bill in a 21-17 vote that split along party lines and was seen as a key hurdle for the measure

The lawsuit was brought by an inmate who objects to a policy that bars a chaplain from accompanying him into the death chamber

Pervis Payne had been scheduled to die Dec. 3, but he was granted a reprieve until April due to challenges created by the pandemic

Dustin Higgs was convicted of ordering the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996

Corey Johnson was the 12th inmate executed at the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, since the Trump administration restarted federal executions

Lisa Montgomery was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution to move forward

A judge said the federal government's poor management of the previous 10 executions "has created a substantial risk"

Drug companies won't supply South Carolina with lethal drugs without immunity because they fear retribution

The ruling concluded that a lower court judge erred when he vacated Lisa Montgomery's execution date in an order last week

Virginia has executed nearly 1,400 people in more than four centuries, more than any other state

At the time of the 2009 procedure, Romell Broom was only the second inmate nationally to survive an execution after they began in modern times

The judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution