The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Abbie VanSickle Nicholas Bogel ...

Alabama was set to carry out the first-ever execution by nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday. The planned execution raises heated questions about the ethics of using ...

The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done ...

Fending off doubts and criticisms, Alabama’s attorney general hailed a new execution method as “humane and effective.” By Shaila Dewan For as long as America has had the death penalty, there have been ...

A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim's blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the third man this year to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon, 67, was ...

The overhaul of South Carolina’s death chamber was completed three years ago. Now, a team of sharpshooters is practicing its aim for what is poised to be the first firing squad execution in the ...

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