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Three States Set Executions on Same Day, a First Since 2010

Legal rulings, clemency votes, procedural questions over lethal-injection methods will decide whether the scheduled deaths go forward.

Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Dusty Ray Spencer

Oklahoma Executes Raymond Johnson for 2007 Murders of Ex-Girlfriend and Infant

Justice Department Backs Firing Squad, Electric Chair and Nitrogen Gas for Federal Executions

Florida Executes Chadwick Willacy for 1990 Murder of Neighbor

Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Killing After Supreme Court Denies Stay

Oklahoma Governor Commutes Tremane Wood’s Death Sentence Minutes Before Execution

Oklahoma Board Recommends Clemency for Death-Row Inmate Tremane Wood

Global Executions Reach Highest Level in a Decade, Amnesty Reports

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

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

Alabama Executes Keith Gavin for 1998 Murder of Delivery Driver