Knoxville, Tenn. (WBIR) On Friday afternoon, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam defended his decision to sign a bill that requires the use of the electric chair to carry out executions if lethal injection ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the ...

Convicted murderer Brandon W. Hedrick was executed last night in Virginia's electric chair, nine years after he raped and fatally shot a 23-year-old woman in Lynchburg. Hedrick, 27, was pronounced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the electric chair the default execution method for death row inmates in the state. A House subcommittee advanced legislation ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate passed a bill that would allow death row inmates to choose either the electric chair or a firing squad as their method of execution. The measure passed a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge ruled Tuesday that the state’s newly created execution firing squad, as well as its use of the electric chair, are unconstitutional, siding with four death row ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This March 2019, file photo, provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's electric chair in ...