TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Next month, the state of Florida will officially be allowed to use new means of executing prisoners on death row — with some caveats. That’s because of a state law (HB 903) that’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama plans to carry out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas ...

A federal judge has rejected a plea from an Alabama Death Row inmate, setting him up to be executed by nitrogen gas later this month for his conviction for a harrowing 1993 kidnapping and murder.

The Supreme Court is listening to a proposal to give convicts on death row an option of choosing lethal injection as an alternative to death by hanging as a mode of execution. On Wednesday, the top ...

Michael Bernard Bell is scheduled to be executed on July 15, 2025, in Florida. This will be Florida's eighth execution this year, tying the record set in 1984 and 2014. A new law allows firing squads, ...

Idaho governor signs bill making firing squad the state’s primary execution method - The state is considering spending $1.2m ...

Rep. Jim Lucas is exploring legislation to allow for execution by firing squad or gallows, citing the $300,000 cost of lethal injection drugs. While Gov. Mike Braun hasn't endorsed a specific ...

Michael Bell is scheduled to be executed on July 15, 2025, for a 1993 double homicide. This will be Florida's eighth execution in 2025, tying the state's record for executions in a single year.

The N.C. House of Representatives voted in favor of the criminal justice package known as Iryna's Law on Tuesday, sending the bill to Gov. Josh Stein's desk including a controversial death penalty ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House ...