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DeSantis Signs Warrant for David Pittman, Florida’s 12th Execution of 2025

Critics argue the accelerated schedule leaves little time for appellate review in cases like those of Kayle Bates, Curtis Windom.

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

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

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

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

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

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

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol

Texas Executes Matthew Johnson, Marking Fourth Execution in the State This Year

Indiana Executes Benjamin Ritchie for 2000 Police Officer Murder

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025

Two Death Row Inmates Executed in Oklahoma and Florida, Bringing 2025 Total to Ten

Florida Man Convicted of Raping and Killing 8-Year-Old Set for Execution Pending Supreme Court Appeal

Luigi Mangione’s Federal Trial Delayed as Defense Challenges DNA Evidence

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches, Ending Two-Year Death Penalty Pause

South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad for First Time in 15 Years

South Carolina Prepares for First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years

Louisiana Death Row Inmate Dies Weeks Before Scheduled Execution