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'A remarkable development': States expanding their execution methods to firing squad, more
Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...
Will Florida use firing squads, hanging, nitrogen gas in executions? New law allows it
A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.
Idaho starts remodel for the firing squad chamber. Here’s what it’ll cost
The new law approved by Gov. Brad Little makes Idaho the only U.S. state with the controversial method to put prisoners to ...
South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection amid concerns about firing squad
Autopsies done on two of the three previous inmates killed by lethal injection in South Carolina in the past year have shown ...
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How South Carolina's execution of a condemned killer by firing squad will unfold
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When a South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat steps into the death row chamber Friday night, it won’t be lethal injection or ...