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South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad, First U.S. Use Since 2010

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a double murder, chose firing squad over alternatives he described as torturous.

Three Indian Nationals Executed in UAE for Separate Murder Convictions

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses Firing Squad for Execution, First Since 2010

South Carolina Inmate Faces Execution Choice After 13-Year Pause

South Carolina Prepares for First Execution in Over a Decade

Boston Marathon Bomber's Death Sentence Under Scrutiny Amid Juror Bias Claims

UK Foreign Secretary Reviews Case of Briton Detained in India

South Carolina Supreme Court Considers Execution Methods

Death Row Inmate Thomas Creech Named Suspect in 1974 Cold Case

Alabama Plans First U.S. Execution Using Nitrogen Hypoxia Amid Warnings of Potential Torture

Alabama Set to Execute Inmate Using Controversial Nitrogen Hypoxia Method

Alabama Prepares for First Execution Using Nitrogen Hypoxia

Judge Considers First Execution by Nitrogen Hypoxia Amid Controversy

Lawsuit Claims Alabama's Nitrogen Gas Execution Method 'Hostile to Religion'

Defense Claims Synagogue Killer Suffers from Schizophrenia and Brain Damage

Missouri Prepares to Execute Man for Killing Two Jail Guards Despite Pleas for Clemency

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Alabama, allowing death row inmate to seek execution by nitrogen hypoxia

Attorney General Recommends Clemency for Oklahoma Death Row Inmate

Florida lowers death penalty threshold to 8-4 jury vote despite constitutionality concerns

Judge in Parkland Trial Removed for Bias Toward Prosecution