Idaho lawmakers have advanced a bill to make a firing squad the state’s primary method of execution, as the trial of accused ...

A proposal to give prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty in child rape cases cleared a state House committee in ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...

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The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it’s “unfortunate” that Alabama is set to execute a Detroit native sentenced for murder ...

Adan Manzano, a reporter for Telemundo Kansas City, was found dead in a hotel room near New Orleans. A woman he was last seen ...

South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn’t obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...

On Friday, a judge said race did play a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Bacote was previously sentenced to death for the 2007 death of Anthony Surles during a robbery attempt.

Five states allow firing squads but Idaho could become the first to use it as the primary method of execution.