On Jan, 17, 1977, nation watched capital punishment drama as Gilmore, convicted for pair of homicides, was put to death.

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...

A bill that would allow executions by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or at an inmate’s request is ...

COLUMBIA, S.C.(AP) — A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim's blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad executed a man on Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

The drug that the state currently uses for executions is called pentobarbital. It is expensive, has a limited shelf life and ...

Update (Dec. 31, 2025): A similar bill is expected to be filed in the Indiana House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 2026. House Bill 1119, titled Execution Methods, would authorize the death penalty to ...

Sen. Mike Young's bill proposes using a firing squad as an another option and giving the person who is set to be executed a ...