Opinion

One State Makes Voters Decide One of the Most Horrific Aspects of Executions. It Should Stop.

Arizona State Sen. Kevin Payne has a very bad idea. Earlier this month, Payne introduced a proposal in the Arizona Senate to ask voters to amend the state constitution in order to allow the use of the ...

'A remarkable development': States expanding their execution methods to firing squad, more

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...
KTVU

Tennessee executes death row inmate without deactivating his heart device

Byron Black was executed for murders he committed in 1988. Black had a defibrillator in his chest and the Tennessee State Supreme Court ruled last week that it could be carried out without the device ...
CNN

Firing squad could become Idaho’s main execution method under a bill awaiting governor’s approval

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take effect next ...
KTVU

Byron Black execution: Tennessee inmate with heart device was not shocked, attorney says

Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week in Tennessee. He was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to disable his ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Heart device ordered off for execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ...