Louisiana inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. has argued the state's execution protocol is undisclosed and violates his constitutional ...
By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Michelle Watson, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — A convicted double murderer has been ...
The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the ...
A South Carolina death row inmate is set to be executed on Friday, March 7. Instead of the more traditional lethal injection, the inmate—Brad Sigmon, 67—has chosen to die by firing squad, a method ...
Tulsa Sen. Dave Rader said evidence convinced him that innocent people have been sentenced to death in Oklahoma. A years-long moratorium had previously been ordered by former Gov. Mary Fallin. #okleg ...
If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.
Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...
South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...
Oklahoma state Sen. Dave Rader introduced a bill to pause executions and form a committee to review the state's death penalty procedures. "If we're going to have this as a part of this state, then let ...