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

The lethal injection concludes decades of legal wrangling, spotlighting veteran PTSD claims under Mississippi’s contested execution protocol.

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

Texas Attorney General Seeks New Execution Date for Robert Roberson

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

Texas Executes Moises Sandoval Mendoza for 2004 Murder

South Carolina Executes Mikal Mahdi by Firing Squad, Second Such Execution in Five Weeks

South Carolina Executes Mikal Mahdi by Firing Squad in Rare Use of the Method

South Carolina Executes Second Prisoner by Firing Squad in Less Than a Month

Berlin Memorial Highlights Unresolved Questions in Djamshid Sharmahd Case

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025