If an execution order is signed by the president, military death row inmates would be transported to Federal Correctional ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An upcoming rule change at the U.S. Department of Justice means federal inmate executions, which are currently carried out by lethal injection could happen by other means, such as ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution. In a 48-page memo ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The United States Justice Department announced last week that it will add firing squads as a method of federal execution and resume executions after a Biden-era ...

U.S. District Judge Emily Marks issued the ruling that could stop the execution of Alabama death row inmate Jeffery Lee this ...

The United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday. There have been just three federal execution since the death penalty was ...

An Alabama death row inmate was saved from execution after a federal court ruling banned the means of the scheduled procedure. 49-year-old Jeffrey Lee was set to become the ninth person in the country ...

An Indiana prison is being built to accommodate firing squad executions as the state works to pass a law allowing for that execution method, which legal experts say is further compounded by federal ...

Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A federal judge has upheld Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method is not ...

Indiana is preparing for its fourth state execution since resuming capital punishment, with the new Westville Correctional ...