Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is not ...

Read full article: Here are all of the new Florida laws approved in 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Next month, the state of Florida will officially be allowed to use new means of executing prisoners on ...

HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted ...

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or ...

Eight inmates on Alabama’s Death Row have filed lawsuits challenging the state’s nitrogen execution method, calling it unconstitutional. The lawsuits, all filed separately, were each filed in federal ...

HOUSTON — Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to die on Tuesday in Louisiana. He was ...