Opinion: Despite rise in executions this year, America’s death penalty has a bleak future

This is all bad news for people seeking to end capital punishment in the United States. However, I don’t think that it ...
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Death row prisoner bursts into flames during failed execution attempt

John Louis Evans III was sentenced to death in Alabama in 1983 for the murder of pawnbroker Edward Nassar during a robbery ...

Florida's death penalty system is riddled with issues despite growing executions | Opinion

No other state has increased its use of the death penalty as quickly as Florida has. The issues plaguing our death penalty ...

What's behind this year's spike in death row executions after years of decline

OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN ...
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Indiana’s death row dwindles to five — and future executions remain uncertain

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...
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Their dads were on Missouri's death row. They faced goodbyes, executions and 'living in grief'

Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...

South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed by firing squad

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed Friday by a firing squad, the third person to die by ...
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‘The devil in human form': Witnessing the execution of one of America's most wanted serial killers

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A ...

Stephen Bryant’s lawyers cite brain damage in final appeal to stop death row execution

A South Carolina man’s death row execution is being attempted to be stopped by his lawyers by arguing his brain damage was ...
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Indiana’s death row dwindles to five – and future executions remain uncertain

After three executions in less than a year – ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment – it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...