South Carolina on March 7 carried out the first U.S. execution by firing squad in 15 years. Three volunteer prison employees using rifles fatally shot Brad Sigmon – convicted of murdering his ex ...

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane ...

Albania became member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995. Following its accession, a Council of Europe presence headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of ...