A new proposed law in Mississippi opens up the possibility of death row inmates being executed by firing squad. House Bill 638 adds firing squad, gas chamber, and electrocution as alternative methods ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, joining what could be a national movement in ...

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The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback. Idaho ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced new execution protocols, adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to the methods used for federal executions. This move follows ...

For this report, researchers from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conducted 181 in-person and telephone interviews with experts and individuals directly affected by ...

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