However, a firing squad execution has never been conducted in Mississippi's long history with the death penalty. The only methods that have been used to execute prisoners are hangings, the ...

Two men on death row were once again denied relief after a review by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Stephen Elliot Powers, who has been on Mississippi's death row since he was sentenced in 2000 ...

Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied two death row inmates additional relief. Presiding Justice Leslie King issued a dissenting opinion, criticizing the court's history of upholding Batson claims ...