Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are several methods of execution that remain legal in the United States.

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House ...

The N.C. House of Representatives voted in favor of the criminal justice package known as Iryna's Law on Tuesday, sending the bill to Gov. Josh Stein's desk including a controversial death penalty ...

Alabama executed an inmate using nitrogen gas Thursday night, despite the man’s claims of innocence and a legal fight calling the execution method unconstitutional. Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, died by ...