Politics Oct 28 Florida man convicted raping and killing his neighbor is set to be executed By David Fischer, Associated Press
World Oct 04 Iran executes 6 prisoners it alleges carried out attacks on behalf of Israel The executions follow the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June, which ended with Tehran vowing it would target its enemies at home and abroad. However, activists warn Iran often relies on coerced confessions and closed-door trials in its death penalty cases, particularly those involving Israel. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
Nation Aug 29 Utah Supreme Court blocks firing squad execution of prisoner with dementia The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. By Matthew Brown, Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Nation Aug 28 Florida carries out 11th execution of the year amid flurry of death warrants signed by DeSantis A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 was put to death Thursday in a record 11th execution this year by the state of Florida. By Curt Anderson, Associated Press
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
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
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
Jan 18 Watch 7:48 Ethel Rosenberg’s family pushes Biden to exonerate her decades after her execution By John Yang, Harry Zahn In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest evidence yet of Ethel’s innocence. As Biden leaves office,… Continue watching