South Carolina wants to bring back the firing squad and the electric chair as the state argues that “painless” deaths are not mandated. Among the 33 prisoners on death row in the Palmetto State, four ...

After a legal back and forth over ways to die, a federal judge said that an Alabama Death Row inmate can not be put to death ...

The death penalty in the United States is sustained by a fantasy and an illusion. Americans imagine that when the state kills, it can do so in a humane manner. We’ve tried many things to turn that ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen ...

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

Lawyers for a group of death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that two of the state's execution methods — the electric chair, which is ...

The Supreme Court has denied Alabama's attempt to execute a prisoner with nitrogen gas after two courts called the method ...

Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall! by KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless ...

Pastors Lynn Hopkins, left, and Shane Isner deliver a letter from faith leaders statewide to Pam Bye, Director of Constituent Services for Governor Kay Ivey, at the state capitol building in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of ...