I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I’ve witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling ...

A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution ...

Governors in California, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Ohio have currently placed executions on hold. A poll taken by Gallup in October of last year found that 53 percent of Americans are in favor of ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

So this is *** huge development. The history of firing squad is is pretty unusual in the context of all execution methods. On the one hand, it was the first method of execution that was ever used ...