Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially do so, starting July 1. Four other states – South Carolina, Utah, ...

A claim (archived) circulated online in June 2026 that, starting July 1, Idaho would use the firing squad as its primary method of execution for death-row prisoners. One Facebook user wrote, "Idaho is ...

Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face death in a brand new, top-of-the-line firing squad chamber — and state officials are looking for volunteers to fire the rifles. According to ...

Delay triggered a bit of legal chaos in Atlanta courtroom with a series of unanswered questions in Stacey Ian Humphreys’ case. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney speaks at an emergency hearing at ...

A British TikTok influencer is facing possible execution in Dubai after allegedly stabbing a man to death in what she says was an act of self-defense, according to the advocacy group Detained in Dubai ...

The pastor of the church said the skit was about "killing the devil," and the video was spreading without proper context. In late June 2026, people shared a video appearing to show children at a ...

Florida executed Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the brutal 1992 murder of his wife in front of her teenage son.

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched The tangled path of US capital punishment takes a new ...

June 25 (UPI) --Florida executed 74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer on Thursday evening for the 1992 stabbing death of his wife, the state's ninth execution of 2026. Spencer, who was convicted in 1993 of ...

A 74-year-old Florida man was executed on Thursday for his conviction in the 1992 fatal stabbing of his wife, making him the oldest inmate in modern state history to be put to death. Dusty Ray Spencer ...

Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to be executed for the 1992 murder of his wife, Karen Spencer. If the execution proceeds, Spencer will become the oldest person executed in Florida in modern ...