How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable ...

Historically, Mississippi has used hanging, the gas chamber, the electric chair and lethal injection for executions.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years, faces death this week.

And prior to the gas chamber, "the old oak electric chair" was moved from county to county between 1940 and Feb. 5, 1952. A total of 75 prisoners were executed in this fashion with the first being ...

And prior to the gas chamber, "the old oak electric chair" was moved from county to county between 1940 and Feb. 5, 1952. A total of 75 prisoners were executed in this fashion with the first being ...

So they can't see what he's going through.” He added: “I can see him in my mind's eye. He was the next person killed in Mississippi before they got rid of the gas chamber.

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is ...