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Death Row Inmate Is Being Forced to Choose: Firing Squad or Electric Chair
Some argue Richard Moore shouldn’t even be on death row. Now he could become South Carolina’s test case for an archaic form of execution.
The State That Executed a Black Child Wants to Bring Back the Firing Squad
George Stinney Jr. was executed in 1944 when he was 14 years old.
Guy who made Tennessee's electric chair is worried it will malfunction in tonight's execution
This is only the second time the state has used that method since 1960.
South Carolina wants to start executing people with the electric chair again
Right now, South Carolina death row inmates can pick how they die: by lethal injection or the electric chair.
Virginia Governor Says No to Electric Chair, Yes to Secretly Making Lethal Injection Drugs
Governor Terry McAuliffe nixed a plan to bring back the electric chair, and instead proposed allowing the state to hire a pharmacy to secretly cook up a special batch of lethal injection drugs.
Governor Has Until Midnight to Decide If Virginia Will Bring Back the Electric Chair
Virginia lawmakers have approved switching to the electric chair amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs, but Governor Terry McAuliffe could veto the legislation.
Should There Be a Death Penalty? - The People Speak
In this episode of 'The People Speak,' VICE News traveled around the world to ask people about the the death penalty.
Utah Firing Squad Proposal Points to Death Penalty Crisis
Utah's proposal to bring back firing squads is the latest attempt to continue executions despite the absence of safe drugs.
Has the United States Run Out of Ways to Make the Death Penalty More Humane?
As lethal injection drugs become harder to get, lawmakers are struggling to come up with humane alternatives for death row inmates.
Tennessee Is Bringing Back the Electric Chair
It's the first state to bring back Ole' Smoky without offering death row inmates other execution options.
The Canadian Government Is Withholding Documents Concerning the Torture of Children
Despite numerous testimonies stating that children who attended St. Anne's residential "Indian" school were sexually abused and sat in an electric chair, the Canadian government refuses to release 7,000 pages of investigative documents that seemingly...
What’s the Cheapest Way to Execute Evildoers?
It's time to get more bang for our criminals' dead carcasses.