South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

The death row inmate is being held at a prison in Columbia, South Carolina, for the murder of a police captain ...

which he saw as preferable to the electric chair or lethal injection. Three volunteer prison employees used rifles to carry out the execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, who was pronounced dead at 6:08 p ...

South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first execution by bullets.

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method.

The Florida Legislature passed a law replacing that method with an electric chair, which was built by prison inmates. The first person electrocuted by the state was Frank Johnson in 1924 ...

South Carolina’s highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad ...

Mikal Mahdi, 41, is set to be executed on April 11 at 6 p.m. at a prison in Columbia, the state Supreme Court announced Friday. Mahdi can choose to die by lethal injection, the electric chair or a ...

If they do not make a choice, the electric chair is considered the default ... stints in juvenile detention and later Virginia state prison for multiple crimes from the ages of 14 to 21.

Before 1923, executions were usually performed by hanging. The Florida Legislature passed a law replacing that method with an electric chair, which was built by prison inmates. The first person ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...