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% have involved other methods.

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% have involved other methods.

The search for a safe, reliable and humane method The firing squad is among the country’s oldest execution methods, according to Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham Law School who studies the ...

Earlier this year, South Carolina used a firing squad to execute an inmate — the first to die by that method in 15 years. Alabama also executed a death row inmate last year using a new execution ...

A bill establishing firing squads as Idaho’s primary method of execution has advanced to the Senate floor. On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee members voted 6-3 to advance HB 37 ...

On Tuesday, he is expected to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia.Alabama became the first state to ever use the method in the execution of Kenneth Smith, which took about 15 minutes to complete.

Authorized execution methods in states across the country, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, include lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squads.