Florida has executed 19 people in 2025, a new state record set under Gov. Ron DeSantis. The number of executions in Florida this year is nearly four times higher than any other state. DeSantis has ...

John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes. For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during a home‑invasion robbery, and later confessing to three other killings, was executed Thursday evening. It was Florida's 19th execution so far ...

MIAMI — John S. Koch, a radio reporter in North Florida, has been witnessing state executions since the serial killer Ted Bundy’s in 1989, not missing one in nearly 37 years. He has never been busier.

It would be Florida’s 19th death sentence carried out in 2025, further extending a state record for total executions in a single year. The state of Florida on Thursday executed the 19th person of 2025 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a record 19 executions in 2025 — and has carried out 17 so far — the highest ever in a single year in both the state and the U.S. since the 1970s. The state also ...

Florida set a state record with 19 executions in 2025 under Gov. Ron DeSantis. Eight men from Southwest Florida are currently on death row, with some waiting for decades. One Collier County death row ...

Egyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related charges Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a ...

The kingdom has killed 340 people so far this year, according to AFP’s count, and has in recent years trailed only China and Iran among countries carrying out the death penalty. The toll marks the ...

More than 70 bodies have now been uncovered at a medieval cemetery used for executed criminals, archaeologists say. The remains of about 40 men and boys, dating back to at least the 13th Century, were ...