South Carolina supreme court rules state's death penalty is legalThe South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state's death penalty, including a firing squad, as legal, allowing executions to restart after a decade.
South Carolina prepares for first execution in more than 13 yearsSouth Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens must choose his execution method by September 6, with lethal injection, electric chair, or firing squad available.
Alabama about to execute third man this year with controversial nitrogen gasAlabama's use of nitrogen for executions faces intense scrutiny due to prior instances of distress during the process.
South Carolina's execution menu is not cruel and unusual, state supreme court saysSouth Carolina Supreme Court upholds state law allowing inmates to choose execution method.
Lawyer chooses lethal injection for inmate who didn't want to make decisionLawyer decides execution method for client due to religious concerns, choosing lethal injection to avoid electric chair.
South Carolina supreme court rules state's death penalty is legalThe South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state's death penalty, including a firing squad, as legal, allowing executions to restart after a decade.
South Carolina prepares for first execution in more than 13 yearsSouth Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens must choose his execution method by September 6, with lethal injection, electric chair, or firing squad available.
Alabama about to execute third man this year with controversial nitrogen gasAlabama's use of nitrogen for executions faces intense scrutiny due to prior instances of distress during the process.
South Carolina's execution menu is not cruel and unusual, state supreme court saysSouth Carolina Supreme Court upholds state law allowing inmates to choose execution method.
Lawyer chooses lethal injection for inmate who didn't want to make decisionLawyer decides execution method for client due to religious concerns, choosing lethal injection to avoid electric chair.
All the execution methods still used today - but which hurts least?Richard Moore, on Death Row for 25 years, must choose an execution method, spotlighting the brutal realities of capital punishment.