Washington DC - A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the US in 15 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death penalty inmates, including testimony from four people opposed to the bill.

The American Institute of Architects amended its code of ethics to explicitly bar its members from designing execution ...

Boise, Idaho - Idaho's legislature has sent a bill to Governor Brad Little's desk that could make firing squads the primary method of execution in the state. The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 37 in a ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to turn to other methods.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Criminals sentenced to death in Indiana may get a choice about how they're executed. Two bills filed this session propose using a firing squad. One of those bills was heard in Senate's ...

Indiana law currently permits executions to be carried out by lethal injection, but a proposed bill would add death by firing squad as an alternative method. The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill that would allow executions by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or at an inmate’s request is fueling ongoing debates over secrecy, drug costs and “humane” ...