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Texas Judge Sets Oct. 16, 2025 Execution Date for Robert Roberson

Defense lawyers plan to seek a stay so courts can review new scientific evidence challenging the original conviction

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

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Utah Judge Schedules Sept. 5 Firing Squad Execution for Inmate With Dementia

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

Alabama Schedules Nitrogen Gas Execution for Geoffrey Todd West on Sept. 25

Prosecutors Set Accelerated July 28 Deadline in Vermont Border Patrol Shooting Case

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

Vietnam Abolishes Capital Punishment for Embezzlement, Commuting Tycoon Lan’s Sentence

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

Iran Hangs Abbas Kurkuri Over 2022 Protest Shootings

Florida Executes Anthony Wainwright for 1994 Kidnapping, Rape and Murder

Supreme Court to Review Multiple IQ Tests in Alabama Death Penalty Appeal

San Mateo DA Seeks Death Penalty for Half Moon Bay Mass Shooter

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol

Arizona Moves Forward with Second Execution of 2025 as AG Seeks Death Warrant for Richard Djerf

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