COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad executed a man on Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices. By ...

The Iranian government has reportedly treated a 19-year-old athlete to a public execution, hanging him on Thursday. The country’s judiciary went through with plans to put wrestler Saleh Mohammadi to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina firing squad executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to ...