Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

The new law approved by Gov. Brad Little makes Idaho the only U.S. state with the controversial method to put prisoners to ...

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as ...

State Reps. Neil Collins (R-District 5) and Justin Bamberg (D-District 90) question whether 'proper standards and protocols' ...

Stephen Stanko, a convicted murderer, chose after courts denied him more information about South Carolina's firing squad and ...

Idaho is set to become the only U.S. state with a firing squad as its primary execution method. The prison system has to ...

Some pharmaceutical companies have either stopped production or refused to provide them for executions. While the Florida bill doesn't include the words "firing squad," "hanging," or "nitrogen ...

This story originally published May 27 on Idaho Reports. The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on all state ...

As of July 1, 2026, firing squad executions will be the primary method of execution in Idaho, complying with House Bill 37.

An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target, attorneys allege.