Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

Six death row inmates have been executed in the U.S. so far this year, compared to two by this time last year.

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

Murderer Brad Kieth Sigmon was shot dead by a three-person firing squad, after calling for an end to the death penalty.

Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...

Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry out the execution of Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of murdering his ex ...

South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad March 7, a first for the state after he raised doubts ...

As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah Denno of the Fordham School of Law talks about the history of the unusual ...

The international community remains silent and even rewarded the kingdom with the 2034 World Cup," comments an expert of a ...

By Aleksandra Michalska and Jonathan Allen COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina plans to execute a man ...