A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

Wood has been fighting to prove his innocence ever since. But facing an execution date of March 13, time is running out. USA Today Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down ...

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted ...

The King and Queen led the way, as the royals processed to their seats, followed by William and Kate, then Anne and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Kate wore a red dress by Catherine Walker ...

The hearing occurred a week after Hoffman filed a lawsuit seeking to block his March 18 execution date, when nitrogen will be pumped into a mask strapped onto Hoffman, who was convicted of the ...

I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 ...

A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...

A witness, Jeffrey Collins, reporter for The Associated Press describes the execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon during a news conference, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP ...

A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...

So this is *** huge development. The history of firing squad is is pretty unusual in the context of all execution methods. On the one hand, it was the first method of execution that was ever used ...