Even so, his execution would not have been particularly noteworthy except for the fact that it was carried out by firing squad. Before Sigmon, no one had been put to death that way in the past 15 ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

Thomas Parker, from Workington, was arrested in Bali and is set to be charged with importation, trafficking and possession of ...

Brad Sigmon was sentenced to death in South Carolina for murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David and Gladys Larke. He ...

A victory for opponents of Louisiana’s decision to execute a man using nitrogen hypoxia as a federal judge grants their ...

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad Kieth Sigmon wrote ahead of his execution.

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued nitrogen hypoxia is cruel and unusual punishment and an infringement on his freedom to practice religion.

A federal judge temporarily blocked Louisiana's first execution in 15 years after lawyers for the man argued nitrogen hypoxia ...

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argues Louisiana is using the inmate as a test for the nitrogen method that has only been ...

March 10 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for a 48-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and ...

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