For the first time in its history, the U. S. Supreme Court has decided to review the use of the electric chair to carry out death sentences. Since its first use in 1890, there have been several ...

After recent scrutiny into the death penalty method of lethal injection, which included the Supreme Court's ruling to halt an execution in Missouri, some states are revisiting older methods.

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair ...

The State Legislature legalized executions by firing squad and electric chair in 2021, but it was blocked by a lower court the following year. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court denied Sigmon's ...