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 ...

The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people as possible.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — 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 ...

JUST AWFUL SHAY. THANK YOU AND MORE BREAKING NEWS AT NOON. THIS OUT OF THE STATE CAPITOL WHERE LAWMAKERS JUST APPROVED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL TO EXPAND EXECUTION METHODS IN LOUISIANA. WDSU REPORTER ...

South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled two execution methods, the firing squad and electric chair, do not violate the state’s constitution. Two years after Gov. Henry McMaster signed legislation making ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina's Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 6 over the constitutionality of the firing squad and electric chair as death penalty methods with some justices indicating discomfort ...

HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted ...

Harold Wayne Nichols, a murderer who raped and killed a student 35 years ago, has not chosen between the electric chair and lethal injection for his scheduled execution on December 11. Nichols, a ...

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FILE - A sign hangs at the Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Sept. 18, 2009 in Angola, La. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024, hinted at his willingness to ...