With Crawford’s execution, that leaves the current makeup of Mississippi’s death row like this: 35 inmates, consisting of 34 ...

Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

Trump’s latest action in Washington, D.C., revives capital punishment in a city that abolished the practice in 1981, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. He also has federalized ...

Executions have been carried out this year in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South ...

A US court has paused the execution of a death-row inmate just days before he was set to die after being convicted for the ...

A death-row inmate who was set to become the first person in America to be executed in a shaken baby syndrome case was spared ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has had an eye on restoring the death penalty since his 2023 election. Last year, the state’s top law enforcement official filed a motion to supersede a court ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The ...

A South Carolina judge allowed an execution to move forward after ruling that the man's beliefs, including that most laws are unconstitutional and citizens have an absolute right to defend their ...

If Christa Gail Pike's execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee since the state began to formally document capital punishment more than a ...

Florida has executed two women in its history, including the infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Sixteen women have been sentenced to death in Florida, but most had their sentences commuted or were ...