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Celeste Rivas’s Family Sues D4vd and Urges Death Penalty

Their wrongful-death filing and public call put new pressure on the Los Angeles district attorney as he decides whether to seek capital punishment.

Florida Executes Harold Gene Lucas After 50 Years on Death Row

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

Australian Charged With Murder in Syria Faces Possible Death Penalty

Florida Executes Richard Knight for 2000 Murders

Pinal County Seeks Death Penalty for Ricky Wassenaar in Tucson Prison Killings

Cedric Ricks Executed in Texas for 2013 Murders After Final Apology

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

Tennessee Executes Harold Wayne Nichols in 1988 Chattanooga Murder

Kentucky AG Asks Court to Force Beshear to Sign Death Warrant in Ralph Baze Case

Arizona Executes Richard Djerf for 1993 Phoenix Family Murders

Mississippi Executes Charles Ray Crawford in 1993 Rape-Murder Case

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

Texas Executes Blaine Milam for 2008 ‘Exorcism’ Killing of 13-Month-Old

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

Recording Cites Suspect’s Delusions in Charlotte Train Killing of Ukrainian Refugee

Tennessee Executes Inmate With Active Defibrillator in U.S. First

Texas Executes Matthew Lee Johnson 13 Years After Setting Store Clerk on Fire

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

Texas Executes Moises Mendoza for 2004 Murder of Rachelle Tolleson