More online: Our interactive chart and database allows you to explore Ohio's death row population and the counties in which they committed their crimes. View the ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a ...

In 2001, Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents. Two decades later, his death sentence was carried out — and he chose an execution method considered one of the most ...

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House ...

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say.Forty-six people on death row have been executed so far this year, and two ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...