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Botched Gas-Chamber Execution of Jimmy Lee Gray Led Mississippi to End New Gas Sentences

Eyewitnesses described prolonged agony caused by a flawed chamber that left his head slamming into steel.

South Carolina Executes Stephen Bryant by Firing Squad in Third Use This Year

Tennessee Inmate Declines Execution Method, Setting Lethal Injection for Dec. 11

South Carolina Inmate Chooses Firing Squad for Nov. 14 Execution

Alabama Executes Anthony Boyd With Nitrogen Gas as Witnesses Report Prolonged Death

Alabama Executes Anthony Todd Boyd by Nitrogen Gas After Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal

Botched Execution Record Fuels Scrutiny as Firing Squad Returns in the U.S.

Two More U.S. Executions Lift 2025 Total to 33

Alabama Executes Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen Gas After Victim’s Son Sought Clemency

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

Alabama Schedules Nitrogen Gas Execution for Geoffrey Todd West on Sept. 25

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

South Carolina Executes Mikal Mahdi by Firing Squad, Second Such Execution in Five Weeks

South Carolina Executes Mikal Mahdi by Firing Squad in Rare Use of the Method

South Carolina Executes Second Prisoner by Firing Squad in Less Than a Month

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 Murder Under Updated Protocols