Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very ...

Murder, a capital crime, was added months later to the charges, after the DOJ revived its death penalty policy and singled out Youngblut’s case as a prime example of how the Trump administration will ...

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A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very rarely in modern day United States: execution by firing squad. Senate ...

As part of the Trump administration’s push to apply capital punishment “where possible,” the Justice Department is aggressively pursuing the death penalty against an alleged member of the anarchist ...

Sen. Mike Young said the bill would provide the IDOC with an option if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Those who oppose the bill argue it's unnecessary, inhumane and could invite lawsuits over ...