South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in five U.S. states, and has been used historically as an instrument of fear and ...

A bill allowing for firing squad executions for death penalty inmates was filed in the Indiana legislature for the 2026 ...

Indiana lawmakers propose expanding execution options beyond lethal injection, reopening the debate on capital punishment.

State Sen. Mike Young introduced Senate Bill 11 on Thursday, Dec. 4, which aims to allow 5-man firing squads to carry out the death penalty.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad executed a man on Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says execution is ugly no matter how it is delivered, so why not select a process that is 100 percent ...

An Indiana State Senator is expected to file a bill later this month that would allow executions to be conducted via firing squad in the state of Indiana. Senate Bill 11 was written by Indiana ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

Eddie Slovik made a series of decisions that turned him into the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil ...