Arizona State Sen. Kevin Payne has a very bad idea. Earlier this month, Payne introduced a proposal in the Arizona Senate to ...

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% ...

Arizona Republicans are advancing a proposal to bring back firing squad executions, including as a mandatory option for those ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad executed a man on Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

Republican lawmakers on a Senate committee advanced a pair of bills that would give inmates a new option to choose for their ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

Indiana House debate over a bill to legalize execution by firing squad turned into a debate over capital punishment writ large.

A South Carolina firing squad has executed Stephen Bryant, 44, on Friday, making him the third person to die by this method in the state this year. Bryant, who was condemned for killing three people ...

Lawmakers at the statehouse debated the use of firing squads for state executions. A bill that would have authorized a firing squad to carry out the death penalty in Indiana failed to pass out of the ...