Indiana lawmakers are reconsidering the use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, amid concerns over cost, fairness and the risk of executing innocent people.

Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel on Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

A bill introduced in early 2026 would've authorized executions by suffocation via nitrogen gas.

Arizona's botched executions have sparked a national debate over the use of lethal injections, with questions raised about ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic A bill expanding Indiana’s execution methods was significantly ...

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday, May 5, to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs—a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama plans to carry out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas ...

While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to add the firing squad as an execution ...

Photo of William M. Tucker. Senate and House Republicans unveiled legislation that their leaders previously signaled would surface when the General Assembly reconvened on Monday after nearly two ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The chamber's 66-43 vote Wednesday is one of ...