Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face a barrage of fatal bullets – after the state adopted the firing squad as its ...

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

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

If an execution order is signed by the president, military death row inmates would be transported to Federal Correctional ...

Idaho has become the only US state to make a firing squad its default method of execution, with officials now seeking ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

Florida executed its oldest death row inmate Thursday, carrying out the state’s ninth execution of 2026 as religious leaders ...

As Iran's wave of political executions continues, 75 French lawmakers took the unusual step of formally adopting individual ...

(RNS) — There is a powerful movement working tirelessly to abolish the death penalty.

An Alabama death row inmate was saved from execution after a federal court ruling banned the means of the scheduled procedure. 49-year-old Jeffrey Lee was set to become the ninth person in the country ...

Four death row inmates could be executed, as part of a move that could end a 65-year pause in military executions.