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Florida Executes 77-Year-Old Curtis Beasley for 1995 Hammer Killing

The Sept. 29, 2026 execution used the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol and has renewed scrutiny of Florida's fast pace of carrying out death sentences for elderly inmates.

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Georgia Sets Sept. 16 Execution Date for Man Convicted in 2003 Real Estate Murders

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DeSantis Reschedules Ex‑Officer’s Execution for July 28 as Florida Plans Two Executions That Day

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Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Dusty Ray Spencer

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Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal

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Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

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

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Mississippi Executes Charles Ray Crawford in 1993 Rape-Murder Case

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Missouri Executes Lance Shockley in 2005 Trooper Murder Case

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Tennessee High Court Sets 2026 Execution Date for Christa Pike, State’s Only Woman on Death Row

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

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DeSantis Signs 12th Execution Warrant for David Pittman

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

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Oklahoma Executes Convicted Killer John Hanson Following Trump Order

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Florida Executes 77-Year-Old Curtis Beasley for 1995 Hammer Killing

Tennessee to Execute Christa Pike on Sept. 30

Texas Executes LeJames Norman for 2005 Triple Murder

Juror Misconduct Motion Puts Stacey Humphreys’ Execution at Risk

Georgia Sets Sept. 16 Execution Date for Man Convicted in 2003 Real Estate Murders

DeSantis Reschedules Ex‑Officer’s Execution for July 28 as Florida Plans Two Executions That Day

Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Dusty Ray Spencer

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal

Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

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

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Mississippi Executes Charles Ray Crawford in 1993 Rape-Murder Case

Missouri Executes Lance Shockley in 2005 Trooper Murder Case

Tennessee High Court Sets 2026 Execution Date for Christa Pike, State’s Only Woman on Death Row

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

DeSantis Signs 12th Execution Warrant for David Pittman

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

Oklahoma Executes Convicted Killer John Hanson Following Trump Order

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