BATON ROGUE, La.BATON ROGUE, La. — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's prisons director said Wednesday the state is ready to carry out an execution next month that would mark its first in more than 13 years. Corrections Director Bryan ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing ...

South Carolina wants to bring back the firing squad and the electric chair as the state argues that “painless” deaths are not mandated. Among the 33 prisoners on death row in the Palmetto State, four ...

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 ...