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Texas Judge Schedules Oct. 16 Execution for Robert Roberson in Discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome Case

His defense plans to seek a stay of execution pending a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals review of new evidence disputing his conviction.

Florida Executes Michael Bernard Bell in 26th U.S. Execution of 2025

Saudi Arabia Breaks Half-Year Execution Record Fueled by Drug Convictions

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' in First Execution Since 2022

Supreme Court Allows Texas Inmate to Challenge State DNA-Testing Law

Mississippi Executes Richard Gerald Jordan, Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Florida Executes Thomas Lee Gudinas in State’s Seventh Execution of 2025

Texas Attorney General Seeks New Execution Date for Robert Roberson

Saudi Arabia Executes Journalist Turki al-Jasser After Court Upholds Sentence

Stephen Stanko Put to Death by Lethal Injection in South Carolina

Oklahoma Executes Convicted Killer John Hanson Following Trump Order

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder

Iran Executes Pedram Madani for Alleged Mossad Espionage

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol

Texas Executes Matthew Lee Johnson 13 Years After Setting Store Clerk on Fire

Florida Executes Glen Rogers, Known as the 'Casanova Killer'

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan Honored at Kankakee Funeral

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, Known for Death Penalty Moratorium and Corruption Conviction, Dies at 91

Iran Executes Alleged Mossad Spy Tied to 2022 Assassination