From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...

A federal judge banned Alabama from executing an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, calling the method unconstitutionally cruel.

On Wednesday, Idaho became the first state to use firing squads as the primary method of capital punishment. Idaho isn’t the ...

The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

A controversial new rule in Idaho will allow volunteers to shoot and kill death row inmates. The state has become the first ...

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Darrell Hines are again asking Gov. Bill Lee to delay Hines' scheduled execution, ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...