A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents is to be put to death by firing squad on Friday in ...

A new book argues the way states perform executions is inhumane. Sierra Pfeifer sat down with its author to learn about the 'untold story' of lethal injection and Oklahoma’s role in how the condemned ...

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

If Sigmon's execution moves forward, he will become the first inmate in South Carolina executed by firing squad in modern history and the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

A 52-year-old man drowned at Lake Texoma on Monday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Kaden Willbern from McKinney ...

Oklahoma state Sen. Dave Rader introduced a bill to pause executions and form a committee to review the state's death penalty procedures. "If we're going to have this as a part of this state, then let ...