The killing method has evolved from hangings to the electric chair and gas chambers. Currently, the preference of discharge is lethal injections, inching its way backwards into old methods due to many pharmaceutical companies refusing to supply states with lethal drugs. The execution is jarring to many, but a blessing for some.
Billy Adams III, known as a Florida rapper by the name Ace NH, has asked for the death penalty, reports say. The request was filed in court on October 12, 2026 after a jury recommended life imprisonment for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims. For more on this Men’s Journal story, click here.
