Death Row

Christa Pike's lawyers have raised concerns following the 'botched' attempt to execute Tony Carruthers earlier this year

Up to six bullets will be aimed directly at the heart

One state even banned the final meal tradition on death row altogether 15 years ago

Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct focuses on the killing of pregnant Reagan Simmons-Hancock

It was described as one of the most painful ways to die

Even Kim Kardashian has had her say...

Tiana Krasniqi told how her 'brain couldn't comprehend what her eyes were seeing' as she witnessed James Broadnax's final moments

He was described as evil by the judge

Juan Roberto Meléndez-Colón spent 6,446 days on Florida's death row for a crime he did not commit

Death row inmates of the infamous unit are said to spend 22 hours a day in solitary confinement

John Richard Wood was set to be executed after killing a state trooper in 2000

Tiana Krasniqi married death row inmate James Broadnax a couple of weeks before his execution

Tiana Krasniqi watched death row inmate James Broadnax take his last breaths just over two weeks after they tied the knot

Christa Gail Pike's execution is scheduled for later this year

He is set to be executed in just two week's time and his landmark case has seen several celebrities speak out to try prevent his death

Charles 'Sonny' Burton, 75, has spent more than three decades on Alabama’s death row

He's one of the most notorious serial killers in US history

His cousin Edna Martin said he was 'pretty patronising' in his writing

The late celebrity couple had a close relationship to the inmate for over a decade

Mark Allen Geralds faced the ultimate punishment more than three decades after the horrific killing