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.

On Tuesday, House Bill 270 moved to its next committee. The bill changes the go-to execution method from lethal injection to ...

A new bill in North Carolina could reshape how the state conducts executions, broadening the available methods and modifying procedures around inmate decision-making. House Bill 270, introduced by a ...

(AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions ... N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans who last fall enacted their long-sought ...

The first firing squad execution in over 15 years was carried out last month. It provides a glimpse into how such executions ...

He will be the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes its way through prisoners who ran out of appeals during an unintended 13-year pause on the death ...

A bill advancing in the state legislature Tuesday would allow people sentenced to death in North Carolina to choose between three options for their execution: lethal injection, electrocution, or ...

Over the last half-century, the political leanings of the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidency contributed to ...