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Arizona Lawmaker Seeks Voter-Approved Firing Squad Option for Executions

Arizona’s rare practice of specifying execution methods in its constitution makes any change a high-stakes ballot question.

Thirty-Seven Years After His Execution, Ted Bundy’s Crimes and Psychology Reassessed

India’s Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Challenge to Death by Hanging

Osaka District Court Dismisses Inmates’ Challenge to Hanging Executions

Ralph LeRoy Menzies Dies of Natural Causes in Utah, Closing Nearly 40-Year Death Penalty Case

UK Reports Revisit Botched 1983 Alabama Electrocution That Took 14 Minutes

South Carolina Executes Brad Keith Sigmon by Firing Squad

Florida Set to Execute Norman Grim for 1998 Rape-Murder of Neighbor Tonight

Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

Alabama Sets Late-October Execution for Anthony Boyd Using Nitrogen Gas

Tennessee Executes Inmate With Active Defibrillator in U.S. First

Xianyang Court Confirms Execution of Zhang Yiyang as First Mainland Celebrity Executed for Murder

Stephen Stanko Put to Death by Lethal Injection in South Carolina

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025

South Carolina Supreme Court Clears Path for Firing Squad Execution of Mikal Mahdi

Florida Death Row Inmate Seeks Stay of Execution Over Health Risks

Florida Supreme Court Reviews Execution of Inmate Citing Medical Risks

Oklahoma Executes Wendell Grissom for 2005 Murder in Home-Invasion Robbery

Louisiana Executes Jessie Hoffman Using Nitrogen Gas in Landmark Case

Federal Judge Halts Louisiana's First Nitrogen Gas Execution