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Tennessee to Execute Byron Black Without Deactivating Implanted Defibrillator

The state Supreme Court cleared the path for Tuesday’s execution despite medical ethics objections.

Tennessee Supreme Court Clears Way for Byron Black’s Execution Without Defibrillator Deactivation

First Circuit Denies Recusal of Judge in Tsarnaev Death Sentence Review

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

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

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

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

Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ in First Death Penalty Case Under Ishiba’s Government

Japan Carries Out First Execution Since 2022 in 'Twitter Killer' Case

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

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

Mississippi Executes Richard Jordan After Nearly 50 Years on Death Row

Mississippi Executes 79-Year-Old Vietnam Veteran for 1976 Murder

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

Iran Hangs Second Alleged Mossad Agent as Judicial Crackdown Intensifies