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

On the day Charlie Kirk was slain, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox began talking about the death penalty for his alleged killer. Here's ...

Unbeknownst to the executioners, one would fire a dummy bullet so they wouldn’t know exactly who killed Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin.

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 ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban 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 ...

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 ...