Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that ...

That’s not due to the obvious desire to dodge a state-sanctioned death entirely. Rather, the way the state has handled the matter has made it “impossible” for the prisoner “to assess which ...

In a final statement shared by his lawyer, Sigmon said, “I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty.” He quoted ...

South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records. CNN’s John Fritze, Shawn Nottingham and Jessica Jordan contributed to this report.

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Henry McMaster, a Republican, for clemency, but that was denied by Mr. McMaster, who has not granted clemency to a prisoner on death row since the state restarted executions last year. Shortly ...

The Pasadena Police Department is actively investigating the death of Payas Deo alongside the Houston Police Department, according to a press release. Deo's body was recovered on March 1 near ...

South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records. CNN’s John Fritze, Shawn Nottingham, Jessica Jordan and Zoe Sottile contributed to this report.