BOISE, Idaho — A bill establishing firing squads as Idaho’s primary method of execution has advanced to the Senate floor. On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee members voted 6-3 to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — In October, Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for Payne’s parents to leave their home for work on July ...

Alabama’s new way of carrying out executions by nitrogen hypoxia is under review by a federal court as lawyers for a death row inmate try to establish that it causes unnecessary suffering. Lawyers for ...

The possible execution of Margaret Nduta, 37, set for Monday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, has sparked an online debate, with Kenyans pleading with the government to act swiftly and avert their ...

GENERAL LIZ MERAUX IS APPEALING TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, ASKING THEM TO LET THE STATE USE NITROGEN GAS TO EXECUTE DEATH ROW INMATE JESSE HOFFMAN NEXT WEEK. IT COMES AS HOFFMAN IS NOW ...

A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was approved on Tuesday by the Arkansas House of Representatives. House Bill 1489 by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage, was approved in ...

Eight inmates on Alabama’s Death Row have filed lawsuits challenging the state’s nitrogen execution method, calling it unconstitutional. The lawsuits, all filed separately, were each filed in federal ...