Protesters outside the Broad River Road Correctional Institution, which holds South Carolina’s death chamber, hold up signs protesting the execution of Mikal Mahdi on Friday. Ted Clifford Ted Clifford ...

The state is set to end the year with 19 executions, the most in a single year in the modern era of capital punishment. The entryway to Florida State Prison is seen in August. The prison houses the ...

John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes. For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant ...

US executions have nearly doubled in 2025 compared to 2024, with Florida executing more prisoners in 12 months than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI). This increase ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida despite historically low support for the form of punishment, the Death ...

A federal judge declined to halt the Dec. 17 execution of Stacey Humphreys, convicted of killing two real estate agents in 2003. Humphreys argued a COVID-era agreement delaying some executions should ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court ...

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month. The total for 2025 ...

Capital punishment has been rarer in recent years, but 2025 has brought a complete reversal. This year has seen the most death row inmates put to death in a decade, a trend that will likely only ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

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