The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

The state prison system just implemented a new law that allows firing squad executions. Two longtime prisoners raised constitutional claims.

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...

A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face a barrage of fatal bullets – after the state adopted the firing squad as its ...

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

The State of Florida is set to execute 74-year-old United States Army veteran Dennis Sochor on Tuesday, July 14, at 6 p.m. ET ...

A controversial new rule in Idaho will allow volunteers to shoot and kill death row inmates. The state has become the first ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

An Arkansas death row inmate who is seeking to waive his remaining appeals is calling on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to ...

Alabama’s plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...