A South Carolina man is set to become the first executed by firing squad in 15 years
Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to ...
Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history
As someone who has studied execution methods in the U.S., I see the resumption of death by firing squad as part of a morbid ...
Execution dates set for four Tennessee death row inmates after years of delays
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state of Tennessee has filed orders to reset execution dates for death row inmates Byron Black, Oscar Smith, Harold Nichols, and Donald Middlebrooks. The last execution ...
Autopsy shows last man executed in SC effectively drowned, lawyers for next condemned man say
Attorneys for Brad Sigmon, the next S.C. death row inmate, raised concerns in a Feb. 26 court filing over the autopsy report ...
He died before Louisiana could execute him, and he might not be the last
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas in March. His death by natural causes compels America to ...
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Death row inmates 'volunteering' to be executed due to two reasons - one sinister and another depressing
In the 25 years since the Columbine massacre, twisted people hoping to get their message out have used the legal system to ...
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Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies ahead of scheduled execution
A DeSoto Parish man who tortured and killed his stepson more than 30 years ago has died while on death row. Christopher ...
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Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date at Angola
Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail ...