James Osgood, convicted in 2014 for a gruesome rape and murder, was executed by lethal injection in Alabama. He sought ...

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 ...

JOE Ingle swore he would never watch a friend die. But in 1988, he had to break that rule. Willie Darden, on Florida’s death ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to be killed by a firing squad over a lethal injection or the electric chair, which his attorney ... Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE's free ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair. He will be the first inmate to be executed in the state since Brad Sigmon chose to be shot to death on March ...

First, two wardens. Next, the lethal injection gurney and ancient electric chair. Finally, its newest method of execution: a slanted chair in the far corner, facing a short black curtain in the ...