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Idaho Makes Firing Squads the State’s Default Execution Method

Officials say the shift responds to shortages of lethal‑injection drugs after a botched 2024 execution and raises likely legal and policy challenges.

South Carolina Executes Stephen Bryant by Firing Squad in Third Use This Year

South Carolina Inmate Chooses Firing Squad for Nov. 14 Execution

Alabama Executes Anthony Boyd With Nitrogen Gas as Witnesses Report Prolonged Death

Alabama Executes Anthony Todd Boyd by Nitrogen Gas After Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal

Alabama Executes Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen Gas After Victim’s Son Sought Clemency

Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

Alabama Sets Late-October Execution for Anthony Boyd Using Nitrogen Gas

Alabama Schedules Nitrogen Gas Execution for Geoffrey Todd West on Sept. 25

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol