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The scene near the gates of Florida State Prison before the execution of Juan Carlos Chavez in Starke

Nation Nov 13

Florida carries out its 16th execution of the year by lethal injection

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

World Oct 16

Sheikh Hasina, the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Awami League, speaks during a ...
Prosecutor seeks death penalty for ousted Bangladeshi PM Hasina over protest killings

A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave the country.

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Politics Oct 09

Flags, Texas State Capitol building, Austin
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

Pope Leo speaks about climate change at Vatican event with Arnold Schwarzenegger
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

Scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen of Kenneth Smith in Atmore
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

Aug 26

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Can Trump legally reinstate the death penalty in Washington, D.C.?

By Lisa Desjardins, Doug Adams, Kyle Midura

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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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