SALT LAKE CITY — Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is just a month away. Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole will hold hearings next week to consider his request to commute ...

While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

Michael Bernard Bell is scheduled to be executed on July 15, 2025, in Florida. This will be Florida's eighth execution this year, tying the record set in 1984 and 2014. A new law allows firing squads, ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to turn to other methods.