I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution ... where the three prison system volunteer shooters ...
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.
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.
After two decades on death row, he was given the choice between lethal injection, the electric chair or firing squad ... protestors gathered outside the prison, watched as he faced three riflemen ...
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.
Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.
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 ...
Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry ... Sigmon’s lawyers said he chose the firing squad because the electric chair would “cook him alive,” and he feared that a lethal ...