Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, an Orangeburg police officer, and burning his body during ...

The man who shot and killed an off-duty Orangeburg officer is set to be not only the fifth person to be executed in South ...

A Florida bill making its way through the Legislature this month could change how the state implements the death penalty.

Only eight states across the U.S. specifically authorize the use of lethal gas to carry out executions. Only five allow the use of firing squads ...

A bill that would allow death penalty sentences for adults convicted of sexually abusing children ages 12 and younger has ...

County Commissioner Brent Reinke oversaw two executions when he was IDOC director. "It's nothing to celebrate," Reinke said.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho's primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor's desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday ...

The new law establishes that Idaho recognizes “that the right of conscience is a fundamental and inalienable right.” ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

Arizona voters may become the first in the nation to authorize executions by firing squad. If so, we also should be willing ...

Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...

Five states authorize the firing squad as an execution method. Arizona could join the ranks if lawmakers decide to send the ...