Whether a death row inmate should be allowed to fire his attorneys and withdraw his appeals, expediting his execution, will be the question in a federal hearing Tuesday. James Robertson’s attorneys will appear in federal court in Charleston to argue the details of whether or how Robertson himself should tell a judge why

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday morning despite concerns his heart implant will shock him repeatedly during the lethal injection. Black, 69, is one of the longest residents on the state's death row.

Edward Zakrzewski, a former Eglin Air Force airman, was sentenced to death for killing his wife and two children in 1994.