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DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for Dusty Ray Spencer

The warrant opens a lethal-injection window beginning June 25 and underscores Florida's stepped-up use of the death penalty this year.

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Final Appeal

Florida Supreme Court Keeps James Duckett’s Execution on Hold After Inconclusive DNA Test

Arizona High Court Sets May 20 Execution for Leroy McGill

Texas Death Row Case Upended by Co-Defendant’s Sworn Confession Ahead of April 30 Execution

Cedric Ricks Executed in Texas for 2013 Murders After Final Apology

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

Alabama Sets March Nitrogen Execution Window for Accomplice in 1991 AutoZone Killing

Miami-Dade Jury Resentences Harrel Braddy to Life in 1998 Everglades Murder

Death Penalty Removed in Rodney Hinton Jr. Case Over Deputy’s Death

Robert Roberson Nears Execution as Lawyers Ask Fifth Circuit to Approve New Appeal

Kohberger Pleads Guilty, Waives Appeals to Avoid Death Penalty in Idaho Student Killings

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

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

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder

Florida Executes Anthony Wainwright for 1994 Kidnapping, Rape and Murder

Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith Under Revised Lethal Injection Protocol

Judge Orders Competency Review for Death Row Inmate Seeking to Represent Himself

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025