National Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press Apr 20, 2022 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to…
National New rule could allow gas, firing squads for US executions By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Nov 27, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carrie…
National First federal execution in 17 years; another set Wednesday By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Jul 14, 2020 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection …
National US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003 By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press Jul 25, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume executing federal death-row inmates, the Justice Department said Thursday, ending an informal,…
State Victims' parents urge Newsom to stop death penalty reprieve By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press Apr 11, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Parents of Californians murdered by people now on death row shared gruesome details of their loved ones' killings Th…
State California's new governor signs moratorium on executions By DON THOMPSON Associated PressUpdated Mar 22, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 737 inmates on the nation's largest death row got a reprieve from California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday when…
State Featured Newsom places moratorium on executions By DON THOMPSON Associated PressUpdated Mar 12, 2019 Â
National Man smiles, says 'Let's rock' before dying in electric chair By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated PressUpdated Nov 2, 2018
National Under Trump, federal death penalty cases are ticking up By JIM MUSTIAN, Associated PressUpdated Oct 31, 2018
World California takes step toward using one drug in executions Updated Apr 11, 2025 SACRAMENTO — California took the next step Tuesday in its plan to use a single drug to execute condemned prisoners, nine years after the natio…
