The first was last Friday in South Carolina, where Marion Bowman Jr. received a lethal injection for a 2001 murder. Texas has three more executions scheduled before the end of April, the AP reports.

Republican lawmakers in Idaho are considering going back to the firing squad after the execution of a convicted serial killer via lethal injection completely failed last year. State ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell submitted the original less lethal weapons legislation to bring these protocols in line with city law and the police department’s current crowd management policies.