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Three States Set Executions on Same Day, a First Since 2010

Legal rulings, clemency votes, procedural questions over lethal-injection methods will decide whether the scheduled deaths go forward.

Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Dusty Ray Spencer

Supreme Court Vacates 11th Circuit Ruling in Florida Death‑Penalty Case

Arizona Executes Leroy McGill for 2002 Gasoline Immolation

Oklahoma Executes Raymond Johnson for 2007 Murders of Ex-Girlfriend and Infant

Justice Department Backs Firing Squad, Electric Chair and Nitrogen Gas for Federal Executions

Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

Arizona High Court Sets May 20 Execution for Leroy McGill

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 Governor Commutes Tremane Wood’s Death Sentence Minutes Before Execution

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

President Tharman Commutes Death Sentence of Drug Trafficker Tristan Tan

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