A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say may be making a comeback in more states as lethal injection drugs become ...

Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the state’s history on Friday. Death by firing squad remains an extremely uncommon ...

Nate Carlisle thought he’d witnessed the nation’s last inmate execution by firing squad on June 18, 2010, in Utah. Carlisle, a news reporter, heard twin rifle shots then saw three holes ...

Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told Newsweek that the numbers don't necessarily indicate that executions are on the rise. "Given the executions that we ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon ...

The proposed change comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis has resumed executions after years of not conducting any. Since 2023, Florida has executed nine people. A 10th man is scheduled to die in April.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — State executions should resume in May after the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) completed its multi-year revision of the state’s lethal injection protocol.