Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim that it causes excessive ...

Iran carried out at least 2,159 of the approximately 2,707 executions recorded worldwide last year, according to Amnesty ...

In the wake of a botched execution, Tennessee public defenders are urging Gov. Bill Lee to extend a reprieve to all death row ...

The number of recorded death-penalty executions last year was 2,707, a 78% increase compared to the previous year, according ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information ...

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is no stranger to botched executions such as the one in which defense attorneys say death row inmate Tony Carruthers was “tortured.” ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of US executions in 2025, according to Amnesty International’s new annual report on the ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.