Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

A controversial new rule in Idaho will allow volunteers to shoot and kill death row inmates. The state has become the first ...

Florida executed its oldest inmate on Thursday, continuing a sharp increase in executions under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A group of Tennessee Republican senators is urging the governor to commission an independent review of a failed execution and ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The planned execution of Tennessee death-row inmate Tony Carruthers was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee officials on Thursday called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners tried ...

On the evening of February 24, the state of Florida continued its aggressive use of the death penalty, executing 65-year-old Melvin Trotter at Florida State Prison near Starke. Trotter, who had spent ...

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

Vietnam has issued a new decree detailing procedures, personnel responsibilities and operational requirements for carrying out death sentences by lethal injection.