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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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.

The United States is on the verge of carrying out its first firing squad execution in over a decade and a half. Brad Sigmon, ...

When the clock strikes 6 Friday evening, a South Carolina man will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and ...

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