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Army Issues Internal Plan to Carry Out Military Executions If President Approves

It could enable military executions with presidential approval by giving the Army a 150-day readiness timeline for transfers to Terre Haute.

Florida Executes Richard Knight for 2000 Murders

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

Justice Department Restores Trump-Era Execution Protocol, Adds Firing Squads, Electrocution and Gas

Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence for 75-Year-Old Accomplice Two Days Before Execution

Alabama Sets March 12 Nitrogen Execution for 75-Year-Old Who Didn’t Fire Fatal Shot

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

Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Murder, Marking Fourth U.S. Execution of 2026

Federal Judge Rejects Stay as Georgia Sets Dec. 17 Execution for Stacey Humphreys

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

Florida Executes Richard Barry Randolph, Marking State’s 17th Execution of 2025

Oklahoma Governor Commutes Tremane Wood’s Death Sentence Minutes Before Execution

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

Arizona Executes Richard Djerf for 1993 Phoenix Family Murders

Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

Pentagon Seeks Trump’s Approval to Carry Out Nidal Hasan’s Death Sentence

Arizona Inmate Richard Djerf Apologizes, Declines Clemency Ahead of Oct. 17 Execution

N.H. Supreme Court Takes Michael Addison Death Sentence Appeal

Florida Executes Curtis Windom, Marking Record 11th Execution of 2025

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection