The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber ...

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

James Williams is an ER doctor, a hunter, a gunshot victim — and the go-to expert for death row prisoners seeking an ...

According to Williams, during an execution, the target is placed on the inmate’s chest, with witnesses surrounding the scene. The method is based on the expectation that bullets will hit the heart, ...

The House Judiciary and Rules Committee voted on party lines to send to the House floor HB 37, which would place the firing ...

The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho. If ...

Of the 27 U.S. states that still have capital punishment, five — including Idaho — have a firing squad on their books as a backup execution method. The others are South Carolina, Oklahoma ...

Five states allow firing squads but Idaho could become the first to use it as the primary method of execution.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month.