Brad Signmon, a 67-year-old double murderer, met his end in a hail of bullets on Friday, March 7. His execution marked a ...

Editor's note: This is the latest edition of Curious Mississippi, a service to the readers of the Clarion Ledger. Other questions answered by Curious Mississippi have surrounded recycling, potholes, ...

The law provides that if the state’s current method, lethal injection, is found to be unconstitutional or is unable to be administered, the N.C. Department of Adult Correction “must select another ...

Every person condemned to die likely experiences feelings of angst, anxiety, stress, or panic and for hundreds of years have been placed in the unenviable position of confronting their final moments.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The chamber's 66-43 vote Wednesday is one of ...

South Carolina’s longest-serving death row inmate died this week in a prison infirmary of natural causes, the Department of ...

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume ...

The US made history in August as it executed its first-ever prisoner in 15 years by firing squad in what was only the fourth ...