Public Executions in the US Were Once a Community Spectacle and Then They Stopped For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. The stunning ...

Are firing squad executions legal in the U.S.? Here's what to know after Trump approved a military firing-squad execution for Nidal Malik Hasan.

The same military base, the same day of the week, the same hour, and 17 years after he killed 13 people (including 12 fellow US soldiers), Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled to face a firing squad at Fort ...

For a sizable majority of the world, capital punishment is a remnant of barbarism from an increasingly distant past. Its persistence in the United States is an example of the dark side of American ...

For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. The stunning Pentagon announcement Thursday that the first military execution in more than 65 years ...

For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. The stunning Pentagon announcement Thursday that the first military execution in more than 65 years ...