Some states allow inmates to chose how they wish to be executed

Death row inmates in Texas haven't had control over their final meals since 2011

James Osgood had been on death row for the 2010 murder of Tracy Lynn Wilemon

An unusual set of circumstances saw the execution go 'wrong'

Moises Sandoval Mendoza was executed for the 2004 killing of a 20-year-old mom

Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson was murdered at the age of 20 years old

Michael Tanzi confessed to killing another woman following his arrest for the murder of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta

The inmate's lawyers unsuccessfully tried to get the lethal injection halted

Michael Tanzi was sentenced to death for the murder of Janet Acosta in April 2000

Amnesty International highlighted a series of shocking facts about the death penalty

Mikal Mahdi is scheduled to be executed on April 11

Patrick Crusius killed 23 people in one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history

Aaron Gunches was executed for a murder committed in 2002

Arizona inmate Aaron Gunches was executed yesterday (March 19)

Aaron Gunches was executed via lethal injection on Wednesday, 19 March

Jessie Hoffman Jr was the first person in Louisiana to be executed in 15 years

Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman Jr was executed on Tuesday (March 18)

The controversial method is set to be used on convicted killer Jessie Hoffman

Brittany Holberg, 52, has had her murder conviction quashed following a bombshell discovery

Brad Sigmon died by firing squad on Friday (March 7) in South Carolina

Brad Sigmon was the first death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years

Jessie Hoffman Jr. is currently scheduled to be executed on March 18

His lawyer took issue with how things were handled in South Carolina

Having brutally beat David and Gladys Larke to death with a baseball bat 23 years ago, Brad Sigmon has finally completed his death sentence