While the eighth amendment states that prisoners should not be subjected to 'cruel and unusual punishment', botched ...

For the second time in 36 days, a firing squad execution has been carried out in South Carolina. Mikal Mahdi, 42, died Friday ...

In South Carolina, a firing squad shot and killed a death row prisoner on Friday. Witnesses report Mikal Mahdi cried out when multiple bullets struck him; he groaned twice and continued breathing ...

He was also serving a life sentence for Boggs’ murder. Mahdi chose to die by firing squad, making him just the second person in South Carolina to select that method of execution. He was just the ...

to face the firing squad. All eight refused blindfolds; choosing to look their executioners in the eyes. Their worship was cut short by gunfire. "They were praising their God," Vega said of the ...

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, ...

For guidance, recall the strategy to legalize same-sex unions. Activists connected with a quintessentially working-class ...

A Sri Lankan man was executed on Thursday morning by firing squad in Abu Dhabi after being convicted of murdering an Emirati Engineer in Al Ain in 2002. Sources confirmed that 36-year-old Alex Rohana ...

Ruben Amorim has explained his decision to take Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana out of the firing for the visit to ...