Overview
- Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers at 6:15 p.m. ET for two 1996 murders, marking the state's 14th execution of 2025 and setting a new annual record.
- Missouri executed Lance Shockley at 7:13 p.m. ET for the 2005 killing of a state trooper after Gov. Mike Kehoe denied clemency and courts rejected his bid for DNA testing.
- Mississippi is scheduled to execute Charles Ray Crawford on Wednesday for the 1993 rape and murder of 20-year-old Kristy Ray, which would be the state's second execution this year.
- Arizona plans to execute Richard Kenneth Djerf on Friday for the 1993 murders of four family members; he has said he will not seek clemency.
- Seven executions are scheduled in October, and with five more set for November and December, the U.S. is on pace for at least 44 executions in 2025, the most since 2010, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Death Penalty Information Center data.