Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is not ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is just a month away. Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole will hold hearings next week to consider his request to commute ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

Louisiana is resuming executions for the first time Tuesday night after a 15-year pause. Louisiana is one of 27 states that still uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. The last execution was ...

Every person condemned to die likely experiences feelings of angst, anxiety, stress, or panic and for hundreds of years have been placed in the unenviable position of confronting their final moments.

UPDATE at 6:23 p.m.: Officials confirmed the historic firing squad execution has been carried out.(Livestream available above after execution of Brad Sigmon)UPDATE: South Carolina Governor Henry ...

A criminal justice bill awaiting Gov. Josh Stein's signature could remove judicial hurdles that have stalled North Carolina's death penalty for nearly two decades, with new provisions that would ...