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

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 ...

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

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.” ...

President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to resume seeking executions on his first day in office last year.

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

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

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

Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of ...

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

Attorneys call for a pause as litigation is underway, challenging the state’s current lethal injection protocol.