$3.5 Million Settlement in Sacramento Jail Death
The fatal overdose of a homeless man at a Sacramento County jail is one of multiple deaths in which staff have been accused ...
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
U.S. prisoner executed by firing squad — it’s ‘abject­ly cru­el,’ says lawyer
Three volunteers standing behind a curtain will fire specially designed bullets into the inmate's chest in unison.
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Texas Death Row Inmate’s Conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed a Texas woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant ...