The execution of a chronically ill inmate in Ohio has been delayed after several unsuccessful attempts to find a vein to inject lethal drugs. In a rare move, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who ...

Alabama called off the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday night after they couldn’t access his veins for a lethal injection, which came 34 years after his role in the 1988 murder-for-hire ...

For almost an hour, members of Idaho’s execution team searched to find a suitable vein in the body of death row prisoner Thomas Creech to deliver the dose of deadly drugs needed to fulfill his death ...

LUCASVILLE, Ohio – Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate on Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding the inmate's veins during the lethal injection ...

The state of Ohio has postponed the execution of a severely ill 69-year-old man, after his executioners could not find a suitable vein to use for lethal injection. They tried to find one for 30 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A prison doctor couldn’t find veins in the arms of a death row inmate during a pre-execution checkup, the inmate said Friday by video in rare court testimony as he challenges the ...

The lethal injection in the botched Oklahoma execution was given through the inmate’s groin after a specialist could not find a good spot on his arms, legs or feet, the state’s prison chief revealed ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is renovating its death chamber and buying new equipment for executions, including a tool to allow staff to more easily find suitable veins for lethal injections after a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma is renovating its death chamber and buying new equipment for executions, including a tool to allow staff to more easily find suitable veins for lethal injections after a ...

Alva Campbell was scheduled to die on Wednesday - but the death row inmate is still alive as executioners failed to find a vein for a lethal injection. Ohio prison officials gave up trying to find a ...