The death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, as seen in 2005. A federal judge has rejected the state's lethal injection drug protocol, postponing three upcoming executions. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
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Gray was convicted of murdering an entire family in 2006 and given the death penalty for killing the children. His execution would be the first known instance of any state using a dose of the sedative midazolam that was procured from a compounding pharmacy. Virginia Department of Corrections via AP hide caption
Melvin Graham, whose sister Cynthia Hurd was murdered by Dylann Roof, makes a statement outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday. Brooks Brunson/The Post And Courier via AP hide caption
Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof told a federal judge Wednesday that he will not present evidence or witnesses in the penalty phase of his trial. Roof (pictured in 2015) faces the death penalty. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
A 2010 photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
The Florida State Prison, pictured in June 2014, in Raiford, Fla. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
The lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., as seen in 2002. Dave Martin/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Officers with the Department of Homeland Security patrol outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 7. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
Texas Death Case Tests Standards For Defining Intellectual Disability
The interior of the lethal injection facility at California's San Quentin State Prison in 2010. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization canvas a south Phoenix neighborhood in October to advocate for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The measure was approved on Tuesday. Astrid Galvan/AP hide caption
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Barney Fuller. AP hide caption
During his sentencing for murder in 1997, the jury was told that because Duane Buck was black, he posed a "future dangerousness." He was given the death penalty. Texas Department of Criminal Justice/AP hide caption
Supreme Court To Hear Death Penalty Case Based On Racially Tainted Testimony
Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption