BOISE (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday ...

Their bodies were found in shallow graves in the desert outside the city. Wood will be the state's third execution this year. HUNTSVILLE, Texas - As the state of Texas prepares for its third ...

Wood has been fighting to prove his innocence ever since. But facing an execution date of March 13, time is running out. USA Today Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down ...

Her children have not told her of Brad’s execution nor do they plan to, Mike told The Post. Mike Sigmon said his brother, who was captured in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 11 days after the murders ...

The hearing occurred a week after Hoffman filed a lawsuit seeking to block his March 18 execution date, when nitrogen will be pumped into a mask strapped onto Hoffman, who was convicted of the ...

I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 ...

A witness, Jeffrey Collins, reporter for The Associated Press describes the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP ...

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.

Governor Henry McMaster declined to grant Sigmon clemency Friday evening. Sigmon's execution, carried out by firing squad, marks a historic moment, not just for South Carolina but for the entire ...

Last-ditch efforts to stop the execution Anti-death penalty advocates have filed their final petitions to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster ahead of Sigmon’s execution. On Thursday ...

But South Carolina’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal — paving the way for his execution unless Gov. Henry McMaster commutes his death sentence. McMaster will make his decision moments before ...

On Thursday, Sigmon asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his execution because the state doesn’t release enough information about the lethal injection drug. The firing squad has a long and ...