In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection. The firing squad has a long and thorny ...

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

Jeffrey Collins was one of three media witnesses for the firing squad execution of Brad Sigmon. He has been a witness to 11 ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

China is not apologizing for the execution of four Canadian citizens for alleged drug trafficking. “China always imposes severe penalties on drug-related crimes,” a spesperson for the […] ...

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution ...

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

Experience and preparation allowed AP reporter Jeffrey Collins to take news consumers inside the South Carolina death chamber ...

Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...

Arizona voters may become the first in the nation to authorize executions by firing squad. If so, we also should be willing ...

Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the ...