A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad.

with fewer new death sentences and fewer executions. A Washington Post examination last year found that many of the more than 2,000 people on death row — largely held by states, not the federal ...