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Execution

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Army lays groundwork for death row executions

  • Jun 6

Divided Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate

  • May 21
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Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions

  • Apr 24

Texas man executed for 1998 murder of ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend

  • Jan 29

Iran protests: Trump says he's been told 'killing' stopped

  • Jan 15

Death-eligible charge for Luigi Mangione must be dismissed: defense

  • Oct 11, 2025

Tennessee executes inmate despite concerns about heart implant

  • Aug 5, 2025

Tennessee plans to execute inmate despite concerns about heart implant

  • Aug 5, 2025

Latest Videos

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Ala. man becomes 1st person in US to be executed by nitrogen gas

  • Jan 26, 2024
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Ice pick killer an serial rapist gets execution date

  • Mar 20, 2018
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Oklahoma plans to be first to use nitrogen gas for executions

  • Mar 15, 2018
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Victim's family pays for murderer's family to visit before execution

  • Apr 28, 2017

Latest Stories

Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File

Utah judge schedules execution by firing squad for a man with dementia

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986.

  • Jul 10, 2025

Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests

Three Iranians were executed for allegedly spying for Israel, Iran's judiciary said, bringing the total put to death on similar charges during the conflict to six.

  • Jun 29, 2025
(South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP, File)

South Carolina man executed by firing squad, 1st US prisoner killed by method in 15 years

The South Carolina Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for the execution.

  • Mar 8, 2025

How South Carolina firing squad works

Brad Sigmon will become first inmate executed by a firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years

  • Mar 7, 2025

Texas Attorney General's Office releases collection of evidence in controversial death penalty case

Ken Paxton says the autopsy report proves Roberson was convicted of beating his child and leaving her with extensive head wounds, and the jury did not convict him on the basis of "shaken baby syndrome."

  • Oct 24, 2024