Another Alabama Death Row inmate is set to die this fall, making him the third man set for execution in a span of three months. He’s currently fighting for his life in court, arguing against the ...

America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.

The Iranian government has reportedly treated a 19-year-old athlete to a public execution, hanging him on Thursday. The country’s judiciary went through with plans to put wrestler Saleh Mohammadi to ...

Far more than just a method of execution, hanging and gibbeting in the medieval world were designed to inflict lasting pain and public shame. While hanging could be swift, gibbeting often left the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to consider whether a condemned prisoner could be given the option of choosing between hanging and lethal injection, observing that methods of ...