Capital Punishment

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

Trump will leave office having executed about a quarter of all federal death-row prisoners

Richard Bernard Moore would be the first person executed in South Carolina in nearly a decade

The rule, which goes into effect on Dec. 24, comes as the Justice Department has scheduled five executions during the lame-duck period