Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is ...

Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging.

They will stand behind a wall with a small opening. But this method of execution has raised concern over the safety of observers of the execution. Meanwhile, others object to the use of a firing ...

Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...

Here’s a look at how the U.S. executes people: Most US executions are by lethal injection Lethal injection has been the preferred method in the modern era, with 1,428 carried out since 1976.

If Louisiana carries out the execution, it would join Alabama as the only two states to use nitrogen gas to put a prisoner to death. Lethal injection has been the preferred method in the modern ...