Mahdi’s execution came a little over a month after Brad Sigmon was put to death March 7, in the first U.S. firing squad death in 15 years and the fourth since 1976. The others all occurred in Utah.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the ...

In a chilling new report, Amnesty International has warned that state executions worldwide have hit record highs for the first time in a decade. And the grim numbers don't lie, with visible ...

Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year asked Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday to declare a reprieve until a judge determines the legality of the state’s new execution protocol.

MORNING HEADLINES | Mikal Mahdi, 42, is set to die by firing squad 6 p.m. Friday. The execution will mark the second time the state will have carried out that method in the last five weeks.

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Louisiana Supreme Court late Friday put the brakes on execution plans for two Caddo Parish death row inmates. The ruling puts the cases back before a Caddo District Court ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year asked Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday to declare a reprieve until a judge determines the legality of the state ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate on ...

Executions have been on hold in Tennessee since April 2022, when Lee halted the execution of Oscar Smith just an hour before it was to be carried out, citing an “oversight” in the preparations.

Attorneys Ask Tennessee Governor to Pause Executions Until Legal Challenge Is Resolved NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year asked Gov.