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

A July 23 hearing will assess a petition for a new evaluation of Menzies’s dementia to determine his understanding of the execution.

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

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

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

Supreme Court Poised to Resolve Birthright Citizenship, School Censorship and Voting Maps

Stephen Stanko Put to Death by Lethal Injection in South Carolina

Oklahoma Executes Convicted Killer John Hanson Following Trump Order

Iran Executes 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Protester After Coerced Confession

Florida Executes Anthony Wainwright for 1994 Kidnapping, Rape and Murder

Oklahoma to Retry Richard Glossip Without Seeking Death Penalty

Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Singer Amir Tataloo

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

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

Oscar Rosales Death Penalty Trial Opens with Dashcam Footage and Witness Testimony

Undocumented Venezuelans held on high bonds as cadet’s funeral nears

Iran Executes Pedram Madani for Alleged Mossad Espionage

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol