The Justice Department is expanding federal execution protocols, including firing squad. An AlterNet commentary raises concerns, but no public execution is anno ...

The 50-year-old convicted murderer remained alive after receiving two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30 and has been hospitalized since ...

Tennessee lawmakers are considering whether to replace lethal injection with other execution methods after the state's recent ...

Stoning is considered the 'most brutal' death penalty method. Find out which five countries still sanction stoning as a legal punishment.

Tennessee Republicans Consider More Execution Options After Christa Pike Lethal Injection Fails Some of Tennessee’s top Republicans said Monday they want to explore alternative ways of executing ...

Are firing squad executions legal in the U.S.? Here's what to know after Trump approved a military firing-squad execution for Nidal Malik Hasan.

The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.

The upcoming gubernatorial race has high stakes for Ohio’s death penalty. Gov. Mike DeWine has upheld an unofficial ...

A botched execution in Tennessee is drawing renewed attention to lethal injection procedures across the country, including in ...

This story describes the lethal injection procedure used in a death penalty. In May, a group of healthcare workers spent about an hour trying to establish complete IV access so they could inject Tony ...

A Tennessee congressman is asking the state legislature to consider the firing squad after inmate Christa Pike’s failed execution attempt.

President Trump has approved the military execution by firing squad for former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Florida has seen a significant increase in executions under Gov. Ron DeSantis and has ...