With Donald Trump's administration facing a contempt of court ruling from a federal judge, it raises an unprecedented ...

including the death of an off-duty cop — opted for a lavish final meal before his execution. Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to be killed by a firing squad over a lethal injection or the electric chair ...

The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing Social Security’s ‘death master file ... access to immigrant tax data via the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

which reintroduced the use of the electric chair and added the option of firing squad, a shield law was passed to protect the drug manufacturing company. Twenty-six people remain on death row in ...

South Carolina death row inmate Brad Sigmon became the first person to be executed by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years, and only the fourth since 1976, on March 7. The other firing squad ...

April 11 (UPI) --South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time ... twice daily called "Mardi Gras Service." A new round of heavy rain will target some ...

The use of the "death master list" is the latest example ... the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security finalized an agreement under which ...

On Friday, April 11, South Carolina is scheduled to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi by firing squad. It will be the second time this year one of the state's inmates have been killed in ...

A firing squad in South Carolina on Friday executed a death row inmate who ambushed an off-duty police officer, shot him nine times and set him on fire in 2004. The firing squad put a hood over 42 ...

If it proceeds, Mahdi’s execution would be the latest in a recent string of events that have put the spotlight on the firing squad as a handful of US death penalty states explore alternatives to ...