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Arizona High Court Sets May 20 Execution for Leroy McGill

State law requires the court to set an execution date after appeals conclude upon the state’s request.

Florida Executes Billy Leon Kearse for 1991 Killing of Fort Pierce Officer

Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Killing After Supreme Court Denies Stay

DeSantis Signs Death Warrants, Setting Third Florida Execution for March 3

Supreme Court Weighs How Multiple IQ Scores Should Factor in Death Penalty Eligibility

Florida Executes Mark Allen Geralds for 1989 Home-Invasion Murder as 2025 Total Hits 18

Oklahoma Board Recommends Clemency for Death-Row Inmate Tremane Wood

Florida Set to Execute Norman Grim for 1998 Rape-Murder of Neighbor Tonight

Mississippi Executes Charles Ray Crawford in 1993 Rape-Murder Case

Indiana Executes Roy Lee Ward for 2001 Rape and Murder of 15-Year-Old Stacy Payne

Supreme Court Allows Texas Inmate to Challenge State DNA-Testing Law

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