Cruel and very unusual: The U.S. government announced yesterday that it will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, ‌in a 2009 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Deborah Denno, a criminologist and professor at Fordham University ...

Before the mid-19th century, executions in America were presumptively public. Most prisoners were hanged on a gallows, following an hours-long affair that began with the condemned person’s exit from ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s announcement that a convicted murderer would be publicly executed later this year prompted a strange and vivid memory of a man I saw put to death in a similar ...

For a sizable majority of the world, capital punishment is a remnant of barbarism from an increasingly distant past. Its persistence in the United States is an example of the dark side of American ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Republican US lawmakers joined religious leaders and international observers on Friday in opposing a Pentagon plan to livestream an execution by firing squad, while ...

Judge J. Skelly Wright’s failure to save Willie Francis haunted him for the rest of his life and he spoke of it often when I worked for him, always shaking his head and saying sadly, “Poor Willie ...

We pursue the truth so Texans can shape our future. About The Texas Tribune | Staff | Contact | Send a Confidential Tip | Ethics | Republish Our Work | Jobs | Awards | Corrections | Strategic Plan | ...

Christopher Wiggins is the politics and news editor at equalpride, where he leads and shapes coverage across The Advocate, Out, and Them. Based in Washington, D.C., he oversees national reporting on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Fort Hood shooter, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, will be executed by firing squad, and that execution will be livestreamed for the public to see. Swirl ...