U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the state from moving forward with Jessie Hoffman Jr.'s execution.

A Texas appeals court has blocked the execution of David Wood just two days before he was set to be put to death by lethal ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid ...

Louisiana's first planned execution by nitrogen gas – scheduled to take place next week – has been halted by a federal judge.

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

Today four states—Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah—list the firing squad in their menu of execution methods. The Idaho Legislature just passed a law making the firing squad its primary ...

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

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

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

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 ...

As South Carolina prepared to carry out the first execution by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010, Catholic activists ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.