Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...

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 ...

Lethal injection is a common form of execution in a number of countries, most prominently the US and China. The protocols currently used in the US contain three drugs: an ultrashort-acting ...

Lethal injection has been the preferred method in the modern era, with 1,428 carried out since 1976. Texas has done the most, killing 593 inmates, according to the Death Penalty Information Center ...

HOUSTON (AP) — 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 ...

Use extra caution. Secure loose outdoor objects. && FILE - The gurney used for lethal injections sits in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in ...

Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast. On episode 84, Charles talks to Michael Vorenberg about his new book, Lincoln’s Peace ...

Brad Sigmon will be put to death March 7 It will be the first time a firing squad is used in 15 years Some say a firing squad may be more humane than lethal injections Sigmon chose a firing squad over ...