HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that ...

On Friday afternoon, the state of South Carolina carried out the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years . As a method of execution, the firing squad had been largely ...

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

BOISE — Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law Wednesday to make Idaho the only U.S. state with a firing squad as its preferred option to end prisoners' lives starting next year, amid lawmakers' ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana man on death row is pleading with a judge not to be executed by gas just days before he's scheduled for his capital punishment. Jessie Hoffman is expected to be executed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing ...