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South Carolina is set to use a firing squad to execute Brad Sigmon, a rarely used killing method in the United States.

The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for Oscar Smith, Byron Black, Donald Middlebrooks and Harold Nichols.

For Marshall, restraint is weakness. His rage over Ivey’s decision reveals a man who sees capital punishment not as a last ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

The trial of several prominent Tunisian opposition figures accused of national security offences is set to begin Tuesday, ...

Louisiana's execution protocols have not been made public — even though the state plans to put a man to death using nitrogen ...

Her focus is reporting on abortion rights, race, education, sexual abuse and capital punishment ... Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Michigan State Representative Josh Schriver, a Republican ...

The report took issue with various aspects of Japan’s capital punishment system ... and about 80 percent of respondents consistently state that the death sentence is unavoidable.

Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about ...