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Death row inmate chose most excruciating execution that's banned in nearly all US states

In 2001, Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents. Two decades later, his death sentence was ...
Des Moines Register

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

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state's execution methods

Louisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry ...
WTVF

Death row inmate slated for execution in May declines method. Lethal injection is the default.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The man scheduled for execution this month in Tennessee has declined to choose an execution method, which is what stopped executions in 2022. Oscar Franklin Smith is ...
WTAE-TV

Four executions are scheduled in four states over four days this week

KOCO.COM, AND READ THE LATEST THERE. SPEAKING OF IT. DEATH ROW INMATE JOHN HANSEN GRANTED A TEMPORARY STAY OF EXECUTION DAYS BEFORE HE WAS SCHEDULED TO DIE. LAST MONTH, HANSEN’S ATTORNEYS FILED A ...
WISH-TV

Deeper look at death penalty needed, Gov. Braun suggests

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Mike Braun said state lawmakers should take a deeper look at how the state carries out executions. The governor’s comments came Tuesday, 12 days after Indiana executed ...
WLWT

Four executions are scheduled in four states over four days this week

Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald Trump calls ...