INDIANAPOLIS — In October, Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for Payne’s parents to leave their home for work on July ...

BOISE, Idaho — A bill establishing firing squads as Idaho’s primary method of execution has advanced to the Senate floor. On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee members voted 6-3 to ...

The possible execution of Margaret Nduta, 37, set for Monday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, has sparked an online debate, with Kenyans pleading with the government to act swiftly and avert their ...

Alabama’s new way of carrying out executions by nitrogen hypoxia is under review by a federal court as lawyers for a death row inmate try to establish that it causes unnecessary suffering. Lawyers for ...

GENERAL LIZ MERAUX IS APPEALING TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, ASKING THEM TO LET THE STATE USE NITROGEN GAS TO EXECUTE DEATH ROW INMATE JESSE HOFFMAN NEXT WEEK. IT COMES AS HOFFMAN IS NOW ...

IDAHO, USA — A bill was introduced to the Idaho Legislature to make death by firing squad the main style of execution in the state. Representative Bruce Skaug (R) and Senator Doug Ricks (R) presented ...

A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was approved on Tuesday by the Arkansas House of Representatives. House Bill 1489 by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage, was approved in ...

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