In a disturbing development, China is said to have rolled out 'mobile death vans' in recent years to expedite its killings ...

A bill could make firing squads and lethal gas options in Florida executions as a shortage of pentobarbital, used for lethal ...

South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, ...

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

Five states — Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah — authorize the use of firing squads in certain circumstances. Here's a look at the history behind the death penalty method.

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

Firing squads usually include a blank cartridge, also known as a “conscience round,” to ease shooters' psychological burden. But this was not the case Friday when all three executioners were ...

People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that ...

A Florida bill making its way through the Legislature this month could change how the state implements the death penalty.