Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% have involved other methods.

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is reintroducing firing squads, electrocution, and other methods for federal executions. This policy change follows a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump ...

Sometimes, in the quiet of the night, attorney Gerald Bo King sees his client, Brad Sigmon, die — again and again. The silence reminds him of the moments in the death chamber before the guns went off.

Justice Department cites supply problems for lethal injections Next federal execution could still be years away States revive older methods due to drug supply issues, while Alabama has pioneered ...

More online: Our interactive chart and database allows you to explore Ohio's death row population and the counties in which they committed their crimes. View the ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. On the same day, the ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...