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For the first time in 15 years, a death row inmate was executed by a firing squad. Authorities gave Brad Sigmon, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, three options to die -- firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection. He chose a firing squad despite it being considered cruel and unusual punishment in some states. Jessica Levinson explains.
A South Carolina man on Friday is set to become the first person in more than a decade in the U.S. to be executed via firing squad. Brad Sigmon was convicted in the 2001 murders of his ex-girlfriend's parents. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more details on the case.
Not much is known about the people who will fire the rifles. Prison officials said they have "completed all required training."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate.
Christopher Sepulvado was charged with the 1992 killing of his 6-year-old stepson.
Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the experimental method nitrogen hypoxia.
Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures.
President-elect Donald Trump's comments about annexing Canada and taking on Greenland and the Panama Canal are reverberating across the world. On social media, Trump also denounced President Biden's decision to commute the sentences for dozens of federal inmates on death row. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof.
A federal complaint against Luigi Mangione included mentions of a notebook that investigators say he possessed, which apparently included hostile messages that could be used as evidence in the case against him. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.
Luigi Mangione is now detained in New York after his extradition from Pennsylvania. This comes as more details emerge about the federal charges he is now facing in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
Kevin Underwood, who killed 10-year-old Jamie Rose Rolin in 2006, died by lethal injection in Oklahoma. It was the 25th and final U.S. execution this year.
An Indiana man, Joseph Corcoran, convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister's fiancé decades ago was put to death, without any independent witness, marking the state's first execution in 15 years.
Missouri carried out its fourth execution this year on Tuesday night. The man condemned to death was convicted in a 9-year-old girl's 2007 murder.
Iran has released dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi more than two years after his backing of women's rights protests over Mahsa Amini's death landed him in prison.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said that she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who is on death row for killing his girlfriend's ex-husband.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker became the third person executed by nitrogen gas in both the U.S. and Alabama.
Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, is accused of swindling thousands of dollars from her victims before killing them with cyanide.
The Texas Supreme Court has made a decision that will allow the controversial execution of Robert Roberson to proceed. Roberson was found guilty of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002 and his lethal injection had been set for October 17, but it was halted after state lawmakers issued a subpoena to have him testify at the Capitol. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.
Thomas Creech has been in prison for half a century, convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more.
Jamshid Shamahd was one of several Iranian dissidents abroad in recent years either tricked or kidnapped back to Iran.
John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, who co-wrote a book called "Framed" about wrongful convictions, spoke to "CBS Mornings" amid a Texas death penalty case.
President Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday. Follow live updates.
Former Attorney General William Barr is the first person scheduled to be deposed by Congress members as questions surrounding his role in the Epstein investigation persist.
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
"Upon arrival, they immediately began taking fire," police said. "They requested additional units. And then stopped answering their radio."
Incomes are still trailing inflation four years after the pandemic-era surge in prices, causing a financial pinch for many households.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is accused of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs.
Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming the voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems over its role in the 2020 election.
"Urgent safety warning" from Consumer Product Safety Commission says Labubu knockoffs are dangerous. Here's how to spot a fake.
The Texas Department of State Health Services declared the end of this year's measles outbreak, which has seen 762 confirmed cases and two deaths in the state.