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Army Issues Internal Plan to Carry Out Military Executions If President Approves

It could enable military executions with presidential approval by giving the Army a 150-day readiness timeline for transfers to Terre Haute.

Florida Executes Richard Knight for 2000 Murders

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

Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence for 75-Year-Old Accomplice Two Days Before Execution

Alabama Sets March 12 Nitrogen Execution for 75-Year-Old Who Didn’t Fire Fatal Shot

Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Murder, Marking Fourth U.S. Execution of 2026

Federal Judge Rejects Stay as Georgia Sets Dec. 17 Execution for Stacey Humphreys

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

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

Arizona Executes Richard Djerf for 1993 Phoenix Family Murders

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

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

Stephen Stanko Put to Death by Lethal Injection in South Carolina

Texas Executes Moises Mendoza for 2004 Murder of Rachelle Tolleson

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 Murder Under Updated Protocols

South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad for First Time in 15 Years

South Carolina to Conduct First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years

Florida Executes James D. Ford for 1997 Murders of Newlywed Couple

Alabama Executes Demetrius Frazier Using Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method

Missouri Executes Man Convicted of 2007 Child Murder