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

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

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

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming the first in the U.S. with it as the primary method ...

The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah has been blocked by the state’s Supreme Court. His attorneys argued 67-year-old Ralph Leroy Menzies should be spared because he has dementia.

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...

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, ...

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 ...