States with the death penalty have a variety of execution methods on the books, including lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas and firing squad. Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action,

One year ago, Louisiana broke a 15-year halt on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive activity,” and media witnesses described twitching, clenched ...

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President Donald Trump’s administration is directing prison officials to bring back firing squads to execute federal death row prisoners, reviving an execution method that hasn’t been used by the U.S. government in centuries. Friday’s directive from ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. On the same day, the Trump administration announced plans to expand the available ...