The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection. Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry out the execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, who was pronounced dead at 6:08 p ...

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to become the fifth person to be put to death since the state resumed executions in September after a 13-year pause.

Prison officials said they have "completed ... ultimately led the state Supreme Court to rule the firing squad, electric chair and lethal injection were all legal and didn't violate the U.S ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method, which he saw as ...