U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to reinstate federal executions. He criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates. Trump made the pledge on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying he will direct the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty to protect American families a...
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has confirmed that the state can execute death row inmates using a firing squad, lethal injection, or the electric chair. This paves the way for executions to resume after a 13-year hiatus. The ruling, which was delivered Wednesday, supports the state’s revised death penalty protocols. These include the new...
