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DeSantis Sets Execution Date for James Duckett

The action follows a Florida Supreme Court decision to lift a stay after DNA testing produced inconclusive results.

Judge Sets Sept. 28 Retrial for Richard Glossip After Request Denied

Supreme Court Lets Lower Rulings Bar Alabama Execution in IQ Dispute

Tennessee Execution Aborted After Team Fails to Find Second IV

Texas Executes Edward Busby After Supreme Court Lifts Stay

Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

Kentucky AG Seeks to End 2010 Execution Injunction, Urges Beshear to Sign Warrants

Texas Executes Cedric Ricks for 2013 Killings of Girlfriend and Her 8-Year-Old Son

Florida Executes Billy Leon Kearse in 1991 Killing of Officer Danny Parrish

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

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

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

Hearing Closes in Tommy Zeigler Case as Judge Weighs New DNA and Blood Evidence

Louisiana Death Row Prisoner Freed on Bond as High Court Weighs Overturned Conviction

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

Mississippi Executes Charles Crawford, Extending 2025 U.S. Death-Penalty Surge

Florida Executes Samuel Lee Smithers for 1996 Killings, Marking 14th Execution of 2025

Judge Denies Stay for Anthony Boyd Ahead of Alabama Nitrogen Execution

Botched Execution Record Fuels Scrutiny as Firing Squad Returns in the U.S.

Florida Executes Victor Tony Jones, Extending Single-Year Record to 13