South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, chose it ...
The annual, loosely organized event on Bolivar Peninsula east of Galveston typically draws more than 100,000 visitors. Last ...
The court declined his appeal, finding that unlike some other bygone methods — drawing and quartering ... and disgrace" that would violate the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual ...