They Started With 34 Ways to Die—Including Cannons and Boiling. They Ended With the Electric Chair.

New York State once appointed three men to evaluate every possible way to execute a man—which they did in disturbing detail.

'A remarkable development': States expanding their execution methods to firing squad, more

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

One State Makes Voters Decide One of the Most Horrific Aspects of Executions. It Should Stop.

Arizona State Sen. Kevin Payne has a very bad idea.
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VERIFY: Iryna's Law could expand methods of execution

The clock is ticking on the fate of capital punishment, in a controversial bill Gov. Josh Stein has until Friday, Oct. 3 to sign, veto or let become law. Per Article II of the North Carolina ...
KSL

Utah's history of execution by firing squad

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is just a month away. Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole will hold hearings next week to consider his request to commute ...
Des Moines Register

Michael Bell is set to be put to death today. What to know about Florida executions

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, ...
Charlotte Observer

Democrats walk out of vote as NC Senate calls for alternate methods of execution

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have ...

Pros and cons of the death penalty

Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment ...