The state executed former Air Force Sgt. Edward Zakrzewski II by lethal injection for killing his wife and two children when she wanted a divorce.

Florida officials now have the power to use a wider range of execution methods after the HB 903 bill was passed, but legal ...

Florida has executed more inmates this year than any other state and is well on track to outpace Texas for the first time ...

Other bills would undermine public defense, eliminate the Innocence Inquiry Commission, and take away clemency.

Utah hasn't used a firing squad in over 15 years - but as the death date of Ralph Menzies' execution looms closer, a larger ...

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An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi, who died by firing squad April 11, showed only two distinct wounds.

His execution took place amid renewed scrutiny on the procedures for South Carolina's lethal injection and firing squad. Attorneys allege that only two of three bullets hit Mikal Mahdi, the last ...

Stanko the Sixth, Not the Last On April 11, Mikal Mahdi was executed for the 2004 ambush killing of off-duty Orangeburg Public Safety officer James Myers.

Stanko would have chosen to be executed by firing squad, his attorneys say, but he feared extreme pain and suffering following the execution of Mikal Mahdi.

Amid controversy over South Carolina’s execution methods, advocacy groups served petitions to the governor to spare the life of a death row inmate.

Amid controversy over South Carolina’s execution methods, advocacy groups served petitions to the governor to spare the life of a death row inmate.