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Global Executions Reach Highest Level Since 1981, Amnesty Reports

Iran's surge to at least 2,159 shows how a few governments now use executions to enforce control.

Pope Leo Condemns Death Penalty as DOJ Revives Federal Executions and Firing Squads

Texas Death Row Inmate Seeks Supreme Court Stay Over Rap Lyrics Used at Sentencing

Saudi Arabia Sets New Execution Record in 2025 With 356 Deaths

U.S. Executions Hit 15-Year High in 2025 as Florida Drives Surge

Two More U.S. Executions Lift 2025 Total to 33

Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ Takahiro Shiraishi After Nearly Three-Year Moratorium

Texas Executes Matthew Johnson, Marking Fourth Execution in the State This Year

Global Executions Hit Decade-High in 2024, Driven by Middle East Nations

Los Angeles District Attorney Reinstates Death Penalty in Rare Cases

Two Death Row Inmates Executed in Oklahoma and Florida, Bringing 2025 Total to Ten

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches, Ending Two-Year Death Penalty Pause

Death Penalty Use in the U.S. Declines but Raises Concerns Over Fairness and Innocence

South Carolina Inmate Seeks Clemency Decision by Parole Board, Not Governor

South Carolina Schedules Execution of Richard Moore for November 1

US Executes Five Inmates in One Week, Marking Highest Number in Decades

US to Execute 5 Inmates in One Week, Most in Over 20 Years

Texas to Execute Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 Murder of Houston Jogger

More Americans Believe Death Penalty Applied Unfairly, Report Finds