Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially do so, starting July 1. Four other states – South Carolina, Utah, ...

A claim (archived) circulated online in June 2026 that, starting July 1, Idaho would use the firing squad as its primary method of execution for death-row prisoners. One Facebook user wrote, "Idaho is ...

The pastor of the church said the skit was about "killing the devil," and the video was spreading without proper context. In late June 2026, people shared a video appearing to show children at a ...

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched The tangled path of US capital punishment takes a new ...

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth has formally sought President Donald Trump’s authorization to carry out the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that ...