Oklahoma plans to resume executions by using nitrogen or another gas to starve an inmate of oxygen because it cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections, state officials said on Wednesday.

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

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

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way for other ...

Throughout the report, the Justice Department referenced past Supreme Court rulings in capital cases, noting that the court “has never rejected a method of execution as unconstitutional.” Left unsaid ...

Indiana lawmakers tried to pass legislation that would allow the state to execute people using nitrogen gas or a firing squad. What's Undetermined The legislation failed to pass. If it had become law, ...