The Arizona measure would allow anyone sentenced to death before Nov. 23, 1992, to choose between a firing squad and lethal gas. Ten inmates fit that description. The legislation has received ...

And now, Arizona? Death by firing squad would be more honest. House Concurrent Resolution 2024 would allow voters next year to decide whether we, too, should just shoot people.

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% have involved other methods.

In Arizona, the Republican lawmaker pushing for a statewide vote on firing squads says he's responding to the recommendation of an adviser fired by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

The Brief. A bill proposes firing squads for executions instead of lethal injections, citing flaws in the current method. If the bill passes, inmates who committed crimes before Nov. 23, 1992 can ...

Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection. How the execution will unfold ...

And now, Arizona? Death by firing squad would be more honest. House Concurrent Resolution 2024 would allow voters next year to decide whether we, too, should just shoot people.