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Florida Sets Execution Date for 74-Year-Old Dusty Ray Spencer

The scheduled Thursday execution raises legal questions about executing elderly, long-incarcerated inmates.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Calls for Abolition of State Death Penalty

Indiana Senate Panel Takes Up Firing Squad Bill for Executions

Supreme Court Takes Up Alabama Case Testing IQ-Only Bar to Death Penalty Protections

Tennessee Faces Backlash Over Secrecy of Revised Execution Protocol

Idaho to Retry Execution of Inmate After Botched Attempt