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

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.

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 ...

State Rep. Jody Barrett (R-Dickson) is asking the Tennessee Department of Correction to be transparent about its lethal ...

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

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

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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 ...

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 ...