A US Supreme Court decision preventing Alabama from executing a man with nitrogen gas represents a win for a death-row inmate ...

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

After a botched execution attempt in 2024, Idaho lawmakers made death by firing squad the state's primary execution method. Lethal injection was first proposed in New York in the late 1800s, though ...

The Supreme Court has denied Alabama's attempt to execute a prisoner with nitrogen gas after two courts called the method ...

A federal appeals court ruled that Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method requires further examination regarding its ...

A federal judge has permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas, declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment ...

The Idaho Department of Corrections has laid out its plans to implement a new law governing executions in Idaho.The Idaho ...

Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama. Abraham ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state's ...

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state's use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...