Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

COLUMBIA — The day after Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad on April 11, Dr. Bradley Marcus began examining the inmate’s body to officially determine his cause and manner of death. The process ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, ...