COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections executed its second death row inmate by firing squad since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

A death row inmate who was executed by a method only used five times in 50 years took his last breath on Friday (11 April). Mikal Mahdi was put on death row after claiming the lives of two people in ...

Twenty-six people remain on death row in South Carolina. All are convicted of murder. As of Friday, no more executions have been scheduled. South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - In just days before his scheduled execution, one South Carolina inmate on death row has filed a petition for clemency with Gov. Henry McMaster, asking to commute the ...

But in Georgia, execution alternatives are under debate. Death row inmate Michael Wade Nance has challenged federal courts to allow death by firing squad instead of lethal injection. AJC's Najja ...

He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2017. Pannir remains on death row in Singapore today. On International Siblings Day today, Angelia shares cherished memories of her brother, offering a ...

One of Florida's longest serving inmates has been on death row for almost 50 years after surviving five previous death warrants. Paul Scott was sentenced to death in December 1979 after he was accused ...

A 380lb killer has been executed after his lawyers claimed he was too overweight for lethal injection. Michael Tanzi, branded a 'fledgling serial killer,' was put to death just after 6pm on ...

Her work captures the intersection of entertainment and real-world experiences. Back in 2000, a death-row inmate brutally kidnapped, assaulted and killed a Miami Herald employee on her lunch break and ...

Menzies has been on Utah’s death row for nearly four decades, convicted of the 1986 kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker, a mother and phone company employee.