Electric chair tested and firing squad prepared for ... and did not present any scientific evidence linking Owens to the crime. Owens and his accomplice left the store with $37.29 from the cash ...

For the first time in its history, the U. S. Supreme Court has decided to review the use of the electric chair to carry out death sentences. Since its first use in 1890, there have been several ...

A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the ...

A South Carolina man — who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop — opted for a lavish ...

Mahdi was in the middle of a multi-state crime spree during which he also ... choose their method of execution between the electric chair, lethal injection and firing squad. If they do not make ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to be executed by a firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair, according to the ... Mahdi was convicted of a multi-state crime spree in July 2004 which ...

Cocaine with a street value of almost £1m was found stashed in an electric wheelchair at Manchester Airport after a flight ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, saying his defense’s plea for his life at his original trial was totally ...