Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

The Supreme Court is weighing Alabama’s nitrogen execution after a judge ruled the method unconstitutional.

A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

A factual overview of Idaho legislation regarding execution methods, including reported changes to procedures and the legal context surrounding the decision.

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...