Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...

Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf has stated she will be seeking the death penalty for Alex Torres-Santos and Ivan Claudio-Rosero for homicide charges. Both men were allegedly involved ...

The Louisiana attorney general's office has filed an emergency brief with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding a scheduled execution for next week.

The most recent U.S. execution took place Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, who ...

After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

Nitrogen hypoxia, a method of execution Arkansas lawmakers are considering adopting, makes for a torturous death, witnesses ...

"I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty," Brad ...

Amid drug shortages for lethal injection and legal challenges against the new methods, executions were paused for about 13 ...

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...