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Florida Executes Frank Athen Walls, Marking 19th State Execution of 2025

Florida's record pace in 2025 has intensified scrutiny of lethal-injection protocols.

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

South Carolina Executes Stephen Bryant by Firing Squad in Third Use This Year

Florida Executes Bryan Jennings for 1979 Child Murder, Marking Record 16th Death This Year

Mississippi Executes Charles Ray Crawford in 1993 Rape-Murder Case

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

Back-to-Back Executions in Florida and Missouri Put October on Track for 15-Year High

Indiana Executes Roy Lee Ward for 2001 Rape and Murder of 15-Year-Old Stacy Payne

Iran Executes Six Over Alleged Israel-Linked Attacks in Khuzestan

Florida Executes David Pittman for 1990 Triple Murder, Setting Record With 12th Execution This Year

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

Florida Executes Kayle Bates for 1982 Abduction and Killing, Marking 10th Execution of 2025

DeSantis Signs 12th Execution Warrant for David Pittman

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

Florida Executes Michael Bernard Bell in 26th U.S. Execution of 2025

Saudi Arabia Breaks Half-Year Execution Record Fueled by Drug Convictions

Mississippi Executes Richard Gerald Jordan, Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Stephen Stanko Put to Death by Lethal Injection in South Carolina

Oklahoma Executes Convicted Killer John Hanson Following Trump Order

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder