Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El ...

The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty of a man who murdered his two young children in Karnataka in 2010, directing that he remain in prison for life. The decision considers his lack of ...

“Keshawn’s constitutional rights were violated,” said Frances Crockett, an attorney who represented Thomas in the suit. Now, the city has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the ...

An El Paso man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a murder charge in the death of a 3-year-old boy.

That’s not due to the obvious desire to dodge a state-sanctioned death entirely. Rather, the way the state has handled the matter has made it “impossible” for the prisoner “to assess which ...

Two children who appeared to have frozen to death while living in a van in Detroit last month actually died of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said. The causes of death for 2-year-old A ...

The great-aunt of a Pontiac woman who froze to death in a field along with her two kids in January 2023 has filed a federal lawsuit against three current and former Oakland County Sheriff's Office ...

In a final statement shared by his lawyer, Sigmon said, “I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty.” He quoted ...