World Oct 16 Prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted Bangladeshi PM Hasina over protest killings By Julhas Alam, Associated Press
Politics Oct 09 Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case Roberson had been scheduled to receive a lethal injection Oct. 16. This was the third execution date Roberson's lawyers have been able to stay since 2016. By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
World Oct 01 Someone against abortion but in favor of death penalty ‘is not really pro-life,’ Pope Leo says Pope Leo XIV intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”… By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Nation Sep 23 Son of murdered woman asks Alabama to stop her killer’s execution Gov. Kay Ivey indicated she does not plan to commute the death sentence. By Kim Chandler, Associated Press
Politics Aug 26 Watch 4:46 Can Trump legally reinstate the death penalty in Washington, D.C.? President Trump spent more than three hours touting what he sees as his administration's achievements at his cabinet meeting. He weighed in on topics from reinstating the death penalty for murder cases in Washington, D.C., to Health Secretary Kennedy's attempt… By Lisa Desjardins, Doug Adams, Kyle Midura
Aug 22 Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions By Holly Ramer, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Aug 22 Christian leaders speak out as DeSantis repeatedly breaks Florida’s execution record By Joshua Barajas 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. Continue reading
Aug 20 Man executed for 1982 murder in record 10th execution this year in Florida By David Fischer, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 05 Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Witnesses say Black told a spiritual advisor in the room that he was hurting so badly shortly after the lethal injection started. Continue reading
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