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Florida Plans Executions of Octogenarian and Other Elderly Death-Row Inmates

The governor’s near-sole power to set execution dates has produced a cluster of deaths that renews legal and moral questions about carrying out capital punishment on frail, long-imprisoned prisoners.

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Global Executions Jump to 44-Year High, Led by Iran’s Record 2025 Toll

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Executions Hit Highest Level Since 1981, Amnesty Reports, With Iran Driving the 2025 Surge

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

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

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

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

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

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Los Angeles District Attorney Reinstates Death Penalty in Rare Cases

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

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

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

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

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South Carolina Schedules Execution of Richard Moore for November 1

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

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

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

Death Penalty

Florida Plans Executions of Octogenarian and Other Elderly Death-Row Inmates

Global Executions Jump to 44-Year High, Led by Iran’s Record 2025 Toll

Executions Hit Highest Level Since 1981, Amnesty Reports, With Iran Driving the 2025 Surge

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

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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

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