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Trump says he would get "Electric Chair" if he faced allegations like Biden
The former president argued he would face the death penalty if he had the same corruption allegations that are lobbed against President Joe Biden.
South Carolina Executions Blocked Until Firing Squad Is Formed
The state Supreme Court ruled that Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens have a statutory right to choose the manner of their execution.
Death Row Inmates Plead Not to Be Executed by Electric Chair
Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens are scheduled to die in South Carolina's 109-year-old electric chair, in what would be the state's first executions in a decade.
Dispute Over New Law Shouldn't Halt Executions: Judge
South Carolina is set to carry out its first executions in a decade due to a new law that compels condemned inmates to choose between the electric chair and a firing squad if lethal injection drugs aren't available.
South Carolina May Face Lawsuit Over New Law Allowing Death by Firing Squad
Inmates are now faced with dying via the state's 109-year-old electric chair or by firing squad, options advocates are calling inhumane.
Electric Chair Reemerges as an Option for Death Row Inmates in Tennessee
If put to death on Friday, Lee Hall will be the fourth person in Tennessee to choose the electric chair over lethal injection within the past year.
Today in History: The First Execution Happened 129 Years Ago
The El Paso shooter likely won't be executed by the electric chair if he's sentenced to death.
Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit to Request Firing Squad
The inmates argued that the state has the means to orchestrate their deaths by firing squad.
'Let's Rock'—Inmate Executed in Electric Chair
"He [requested this method] not because he thought that it was a humane way to die, but because he thought that the three-drug cocktail that Tennessee had planned to use was even worse," a U.S. Supreme Court Justice said.
Inmate Calls Injection 'Torture,' Wants Electric Chair
Three days before his scheduled execution, convicted killer Edmund Zagorski convinced Tennessee's Supreme Court to spare him death by lethal injection in favor of the electric chair.
Nitrogen Should Not Be Used for the Death Penalty
The most important question is whether killing prisoners with nitrogen is cruel and unusual, the constitutional threshold for death penalty implementation.
Lawmaker Co-Opts Trump Slogan, Calls for Electric Chair
A state representative employed a version of the president's famous "Make America great again" slogan in his death penalty push.
Missouri Executes Mentally Impaired Man
Cecil Clayton, who was found guilty of killing a sheriff's deputy in 1996, was missing parts of his brain's frontal lobe.
Man Missing Portion of His Brain to Be Executed
Despite missing a portion of his brain, Cecil Clayton is scheduled to be executed Tuesday afternoon.