The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice over concerns that it might cause unnecessary pain and suffering.

PIERRE — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a Spearfish man.

Art Rusch, Vermillion native and retired First Circuit judge, discussed the death penalty in South Dakota at a recent ...

The 2025 legislative session is in full swing at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise and Governor Little just signed one of the most intriguing bills into law.

Cameron M. Smith, 50, a Canadian who wanted to bring more attention to climate change, was also ordered to pay $2.1 million ...

A Death Café is planned from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at 610 Quincy St., Rapid City. Per organizers, the event will keep to the Death Café model, which the website describes it as, "a group directed ...

South Carolina inmate Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad March 7 for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents, David ...

Care and Feeding of a Beautiful Old Building, by Rep. Will Mortenson (R-Fort Pierre) ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

Brad Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for murdering a Greenville County couple in 2001. Advocates have ...

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on ...

The only man on death row in South Dakota wants a federal judge to give him another set of appeals because of a U.S. Supreme ...