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Florida Executes James Ernest Hitchcock for 1976 Killing After Nearly 50 Years on Death Row

The case caps decades of appeals in a state that has accelerated executions under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

Texas Executes Charles Victor Thompson in First U.S. Execution of 2026

South Carolina Executes Brad Keith Sigmon by Firing Squad

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

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025

Louisiana Death Row Inmate Dies Weeks Before Scheduled Execution

Texas Executes Richard Lee Tabler for 2004 Quadruple Homicide

Convicted 'Sweetheart Murders' Killer Dies in California Prison

Richard Moore Faces Execution in South Carolina Amid Clemency Pleas

South Carolina Supreme Court Halts Executions Pending Interval Decision

South Carolina Schedules First Execution in Over 13 Years