The U.S. Department of Justice has announced new execution protocols, adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to the methods used for federal executions. This move follows difficulties in obtaining drugs for lethal injections and fulfills former President Trump's initiative to revive the death penalty.

A quick warning — today’s episode is about the death penalty and includes talk about recent executions and methods. Capital punishment is a priority of the Trump administration, with the Deep South at the epicenter. We talk with our criminal justice ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital ...

Pope Leo condemned capital punishment, calling for its abolition in the United States just ​as President Donald Trump's administration moved to broaden methods of execution ‌for inmates. In ​a report,