A judge in South Carolina has ruled a death row inmate’s beliefs that most laws are unconstitutional and citizens have an ...

The Utah Supreme Court blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued his dementia has ...

A year after the restart of executions in South Carolina, some Republicans are calling for an expansion that would make more ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The chamber's 66-43 vote Wednesday is one of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay, halting the state from carrying out plans for its first-ever firing squad execution. Wednesday's order by the ...

Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming ...

In court filings on Wednesday, the South Carolina prisons director said the state is ... lethal injection, electric chair and ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. A judge has signed a death warrant to execute death row inmate Ralph Menzies on ...

Nampa, who sponsored the bill that sets up the state’s transition to a firing squad, told the Idaho Statesman he has concerns that remote-operated firearms could falter the day of an execution. He ...

With lethal injection drugs proving both costly and difficult to obtain, a growing number of Republican lawmakers and state officials are pushing for an alternative: the firing squad. Lethal injection ...