If three executions move forward in Arizona, Tennessee and Florida, the U.S. will see the deadliest week for the death ...
An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others ...
Tennessee death row inmate Tony Carruthers is facing execution by lethal injection Thursday morning after Governor Bill Lee ...
Richard Knight's attorneys challenge constitutionality of his sentence and state's lethal injection protocol.
Execution method has long raised questions about cruel and unusual punishment and botched executions.
Raymond Johnson’s execution in Oklahoma is the first of five executions scheduled across the country over eight days.
Death penalty cases often take years before they go to trial in Arizona. After a guilty verdict, the appeals and execution ...
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 ...
The number of recorded death-penalty executions last year was 2,707, a 78% increase compared to the previous year, according ...
Arizona executed Leroy Dean McGill for a 2002 murder, as questions remain over why death penalty appeals can take decades.