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Electric Chair and Firing Squads Making a Comeback in the US; Pfizer says 'No' to Executions

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 14, 2016 08:10 PM EDT

Tennessee in 2014 authorized prison officials to use the electric chair if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Receives the Death Penalty

Benjie Batanes |

May 16, 2015 10:22 AM EDT

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentence to death by legal injection.

Utah Lower House Approves Death by Firing Squad

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 14, 2015 12:46 AM EST

Utah wants to make sure it has a back-up method to execute prisoners on death row with the approval on Friday by the state's House of Representatives of a bill that would bring back the firing squad.

Convicted Murderer Executed by Lethal Injection in Missouri

Marcel Woo |

Feb 11, 2015 08:04 AM EST

Missouri saw on Wednesday its first execution by lethal injection this year after the US court declined to intervene in the case of a man convicted of murdering young woman 25 years ago.

Supreme Court to Review Use of Lethal Injection Drug Midazolam

Vittorio Hernandez |

Jan 25, 2015 06:33 AM EST

A Supreme Court decision to hear the petition of three death row inmates questioning the use of the drug midazolam for lethal injection may result in the execution of the three being stayed until the court resolves the issue, said Dale Baich, one of the lawyers of the inmates.

Maryland Governor Commutes Sentences of 4 Death-Row Inmates

Vittorio Hernandez |

Jan 01, 2015 02:45 AM EST

Outgoing Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley leaves his post this month, January 2015, ending his two terms with a bang by commuting the sentences of four prisoners in death row.

Judge OK's Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Protocol

Jose Mario Fuderanan |

Dec 23, 2014 02:47 AM EST

Oklahoma resumes executions after federal judge rules lethal injection protocol is constitutional

Three Executions In Oklahoma May Be Delayed Until 2015

Kat De Guzman |

Oct 14, 2014 06:00 AM EDT

Delays on three executions have been requested in Oklahoma as more time is needed to obtain the necessary drugs for the punishment, confirmed Attorney General Scott Pruitt in a notice on Friday.

Texas Woman Executed For Starvation, Torture, And Death Of 9-Year-Old Boy

Mitch de Leon |

Sep 17, 2014 10:45 PM EDT

A woman convicted for the death of her girlfriend's nine-year-old son was executed on Wednesday evening via lethal injection.

Texas Executes Eighth Man This Year Via Lethal Injection

Jan Dizon |

Sep 11, 2014 01:03 AM EDT

Willie Tyrone Trottie became the eighth man to be executed this year in Texas via lethal injection for the double murder of his former common-law partner and her brother two decades ago.

Lethal Injection Kills Inmate In Alleged Botched Oklahoma Execution

Mitch de Leon |

Aug 28, 2014 11:52 PM EDT

Medical records show that the death row inmate detained in Oklahoma, whose death was alleged to have been the result of a botched execution in April, actually died as a consequence of the lethal injection administered on April 29.

Missouri Inmate Executed In Spite of Ongoing Lethal Injection Debate

Staff Reporter |

Aug 06, 2014 04:33 AM EDT

In spite of having lethal injection under fire for the botched execution in Arizona, Missouri murderer Michael Worthington was executed early Wednesday after the Supreme Court refused to impede the execution rites.