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The U.S. Department of Justice is reintroducing firing squads, electrocution, and other methods for federal executions. This policy change follows a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump ...

Oklahoma man Raymond Johnson executed by lethal injection for brutal murder of ex and her infant - His execution marked the ...

No. South Dakota used hanging and the electric chair before its first lethal injection execution in 2007. The state adopted ...

An execution in the state of Alabama is raising more questions about a controversial drug used in lethal injections. Late last night, Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith, a convicted murderer. In that ...

The U.S. Supreme Court had denied Broadnax's final appeal to temporarily stop his execution and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not grant a last minute reprieve.

The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.