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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. (Courtesy of the Utah State Department of ...

The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia.Ralph Leroy Menzies, ...

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 ...