U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long - 'A two-year stay of execution': Montana legislature defeats bill to resume executions - Two judges linked to mass executions in 1988 shot dead in Iran - Arizona prosecutors seek death penalty after a 2-year pause in executions - US sees rise in executions after years of decline - Iranian prisoners protest against rising executions - The Death Penalty Is Anti-American. Marcellus Williams's Execution Is More Proof of That. - U.S. reaches 1,600 executions since death penalty was reinstated