President Donald Trump is delaying military action in Iran after claiming execution cancellations amid ongoing protests that have reportedly killed over 2,000 people.

A conservative anti-death penalty group is calling on Arkansas to forgo executions, citing concerns about a new form of capital punishment that critics describe as cruel.

A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions.

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, and growing evidence of racial bias, wrongful convictions, and political abuse of capital punishment.

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Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year Texas was not the leading state in executions in a single year,

Trump, after being read a series of hostile X posts from Iran’s Supreme Leader, said the Ayatollah is guilty of “the complete destruction of his country.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Iranian protesters