Other than South Carolina, five states authorize the use of firing squads, including Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah. Only Utah has utilized death by firing squad on three inmates in 1977, 1996 ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

Arizona voters may become the first in the nation to authorize executions by firing squad. If so, we also should be willing ...

Arizona voters may become the first in the nation to authorize executions by firing squad. If so, we also should be willing ...

Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...

Five states authorize the firing squad as an execution method. Arizona could join the ranks if lawmakers decide to send the matter to voters in 2026.

Experience and preparation allowed AP reporter Jeffrey Collins to take news consumers inside the South Carolina death chamber ...