Only three people have been executed by firing squad in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for ...

Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause. The temporary reprieve was ordered by Gov. Bill Lee after it came to light that prison ...

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

On Wednesday, the Tennessee Supreme Court confirmed that the Attorney General has filed motions to set execution dates for ...

Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training." ...

South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad March 7, a first for the state after he raised doubts ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

Four orders announcing dates of execution were also released by the Tennessee Department of Correction, which announced the ...

The move is the next step in the process to resume executions in Tennessee, which were formally paused in 2022 over quality concerns with the drugs used in lethal injection. Several other people ...