Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...
Chilling last words of death row inmate first to be executed by firing squad in 15 years
Double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, became the first US death row inmate in 15 years to be executed by firing squad when he was ...
South Carolina man Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first such execution in 15 years
Brad Sigmon, who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, said he chose to die by bullets because he considered the ...
Death row inmate is executed by firing squad after choosing how he would die
Brad Sigmon, of South Carolina, was terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" and so was given ...
Backlash to clemency for 15 on NC’s death row leads to GOP call to limit governor’s power
The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all ...
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Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval
Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.
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Suge Knight goes nuclear on Snoop for Death Row ‘flops’
Former Death Row boss Marion "Suge" Knight resoundingly denounced the Snoop Dogg as a lousy music executive and a has-been rapper.
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Former Chair of OK Board of Pardons and Parole Condemns Death Penalty, Backs Bill to End It
Adam Luck, the former Chair of Oklahoma’s Board of Pardons and Parole and a former member of the Oklahoma Board of ...
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Louisiana is locked in a legal battle over its planned execution of a death row inmate
Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and ...
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method. Brad Sigmon was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. Friday after being shot by ...