Politics Aug 26 Can Trump legally reinstate the death penalty in Washington, D.C.? By Lisa Desjardins, Doug Adams, Kyle Midura
Politics Aug 22 Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions Since taking office in February, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against 19 people, including nine defendants in cases in which the Biden administration had sought lesser sentences. But judges have blocked those reversal attempts for… By Holly Ramer, Associated Press
Nation Aug 22 Christian leaders speak out as DeSantis repeatedly breaks Florida’s execution record Florida’s ramp-up in executions is happening at the same time public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in decades. By Joshua Barajas
Nation Aug 20 Man executed for 1982 murder in record 10th execution this year in Florida Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery in the June 14, 1982, killing of Janet Renee White in Bay County in the Florida Panhandle. By David Fischer, Associated Press
Nation Aug 05 Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator Witnesses say Black told a spiritual advisor in the room that he was hurting so badly shortly after the lethal injection started. By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
Jul 31 Florida carries out record 9th execution of year on man convicted of killing his family By Curt Anderson, Associated Press A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year. His death Thursday marks a state record for a single-year execution total since the… Continue reading
Jul 30 The U.S. is executing more people this year, and Florida is leading the way By Joshua Barajas Florida leads the nation in executions this year, setting new modern-day records. Continue reading
Apr 11 South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Continue reading
Mar 24 Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate By Associated Press The justices left in place a Texas appeals court ruling that upheld the murder conviction and death sentence for Areli Escobar, even though Escobar's case is similar to that of an Oklahoma man, Richard Glossip, whose murder conviction the high… Continue reading
Mar 07 South Carolina prisoner is first in the U.S. to be executed by firing squad in 15 years By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Continue reading