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Why executions by firing squad may be coming back in the US
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIdaho lawmakers passed a bill this week seeking to add the state to the list of those authorizing...
Court weighs legality of using firing squad for executions in South Carolina
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court heard arguments Thursday on whether a newly...
Tennessee lawmaker apologizes after suggesting 'hanging by tree' as method of execution
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Tennessee state representative is backpedaling after he suggested adding hanging by tree as a...
The Return of the Firing Squad, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man dies by firing squad in Cuba in 1935.(Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Idaho Senate approved a bill Monday reinstating...
Ready, aim, fire! Bringing back the firing squad in Idaho could backfire on death penalty | Opinion
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoTaking the life of another human being is the most serious act imaginable, whether it’s a murderer...
South Carolina judge rules firing squad, electric chair unconstitutional
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA South Carolina judge this week ruled that authorizing the execution of inmates by firing squad or...
SC Supreme Court hears clashing views on how to execute condemned killers
The State McClatchy via AOL· 3 months agoThe S.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard spirited arguments about the constitutionality of using the...
Why states are moving away from lethal injection executions
The Independent US via AOL· 2 months agoWillie James Pye became the first person to be executed by Georgia in four years but some...
Florida's lethal injection cocktail: 2 drugs for Duane Owen's execution are in short supply
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDuane Owen, who in 1984 savagely slashed to death a 14-year-old babysitter and fatally bludgeoned a...
'One-man firing squad': Trial begins for man accused of firing assault rifle into vehicle
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter Dazzamon Jones pulled up his car behind Edgar Lopez’s vehicle on Aug. 8, he shattered Lopez’s...