Lewis Powell, Harry Blackmun, and John Paul Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...

Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more ...

The last words of a death row inmate who was the first in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years have been revealed. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot by three prison guards at the Broad River ...

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are ... according to online records. Charlie Brooks was that first in that span. He was executed on Dec. 7, 1982 ...

No arrests have been made in Biggie's murder, authorities are still searching for his killers today and the rapper's death remains one of the most infamous unsolved murders in music history.

The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. An investigation shows they were the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by ...

A death row inmate who was executed by a firing squad issued a chilling last statement. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot to death via an execution method that hasn't been used in the US for 15 years.

That got us thinking: What are some other sports records that might be unbreakable? Whether it's the evolution of the game or just the sheer greatness of those who set them, some marks feel ...