Marlys Sather walked in on a neighbor burglarizing her home on Sept. 5, 1990. The neighbor, 24-year-old Chadwick Willacy, carried through with the robbery and left no witnesses.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The State Newspaper reporter Ted Clifford was a media witness to the execution by firing squad of Stephen Bryant. Bryant pleaded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas and Nancy Sheridan are heading down to Florida, but not for a wholesome retreat. They're off to see the state's first ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower court's order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions. The ruling ...

If you turn off of Broad River Drive, lined with smoke shops and fast food restaurants, and drive for a mile and a half through rolling fields, you will arrive at South Carolina’s death row. Guards ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of prisoners, from the time the condemned person enters the execution chamber ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Davidson County chancellor has ordered state prison officials to allow official witnesses to see more of the process when an inmate is put to death. Several media groups including ...

FILE - Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber, Oct. 13, 1999. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) (Mark Humphrey, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower ...