While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

Indiana lawmakers are reconsidering the use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, amid concerns over cost, fairness and the risk of executing innocent people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama plans to carry out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic A bill expanding Indiana’s execution methods was significantly ...

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday, May 5, to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs—a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to add the firing squad as an execution ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators are poised this week to approve criminal justice measures designed to toughen bail rules, restrict magistrates’ powers and evaluate offenders ...

Sen. Mike Young said the bill would provide the IDOC with an option if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Those who oppose the bill argue it's unnecessary, inhumane and could invite lawsuits over ...

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The chamber's 66-43 vote Wednesday is one of ...