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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...

[Watch in the player above: The most commonly reported crimes in the U.S.] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the ...