The firing squad will allow Idaho to avoid the challenges presented by lethal injection, Skaug said. Crucially, he does not anticipate the state will have issues sourcing firearms and ammunition ...

After 15 years without a single firing squad execution in the US, Mikal Mahdi is set to become the second in two months.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, chose to die by three bullets to the heart instead of lethal injection or the electric chair.

The deadly blast toppled American notions of safety, exposed anti-government rage and unified a grieving city. Its lingering impacts are mixed.

A firing squad Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution ...

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for suspect Bryan Kohberger argued over the admissibility of evidence and the use of certain words like "psychopath" and "murderer." ...

Mahdi had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair ... shot twice in the head as he checked Mahdi’s ID. Mahdi was sentenced to life in prison for that ...