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

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas. It was scheduled to take place next week ...

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

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

As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid ...

"There's nothing legally that prevents or stops us from moving forward with executing Jessie Hoffman if the preliminary injunction is vacated," she said. "I believe this execution is going to go ...

Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told Newsweek that the numbers don't necessarily indicate that executions are on the rise. "Given the executions that we ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say may be making a comeback in more states as lethal injection drugs become ...