A key witness has said that a man who faces execution for a murder in the US state of South Carolina did not commit the crime. But the state supreme court rejected the explosive testimony late Thursday, saying the execution should proceed as scheduled on Friday (Sep 20).

An innocent man to be executed? US court gives go-ahead to lethal injection despite witness changing testimony

Idaho has postponed the execution of convicted serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, following a failed attempt at lethal injection on Wednesday (Feb 28). This comes as Creech faced the death penalty for the 1981 murder of a fellow prisoner using a battery-filled sock.

Idaho: Execution of serial killer Thomas Creech halted after eight failed attempts to find a vein

In the United States Idaho state, death row inmates could soon be executed by a firing squad. As per AFP, the state legislature on Monday passed a bill allowing execution by firing squad in the absence of lethal injections.

US state of Idaho moves one step closer to 'apalling' law allowing execution by firing squad

A 50-year-old man from Alabama state in US who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend decades ago was executed despite opposition from the victim’s family to spare him.

US man executed for killing ex-girlfriend despite appeals for stay from victim’s family

The Donald Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard on Thursday, his punishment for acting as an accomplice to a crime when he was 18 years old.

First in 130 years: US carries out federal execution during a presidential lame-duck period

The legislation, which takes effect from June 2019, was passed in Victoria after 100 hours of often fiery debate

'Compassionate' Victoria first Australia state to legalise euthanasia