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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee will step up its number of executions next year. Four people are scheduled to be executed in 2026, which follows three executions this year. It comes after Governor ...

FILE – The gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where inmates are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs, is shown May 27, 2008. Texas continued a long-term downward trend in capital punishment in ...

Florida pushed the nationwide tally for executions to its highest level in 15 years despite an ongoing decline in the use of capital punishment in the United States, according to a new report on 2025 ...

US executions have nearly doubled in 2025 compared to 2024, with Florida executing more prisoners in 12 months than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI). This increase ...

A Florida death row inmate convicted of murdering Tressa Pettibone during a home invasion in 1989 was executed on Tuesday. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was given a three-drug injection at the Florida State ...

The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically this year to a level not seen in more than a decade. That's alarming opponents of the death penalty who say public opinion ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols picked his last meal ahead of his scheduled execution, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction. Nichols, 64, is to die by lethal injection ...

As the United Nations adopted a resolution condemning Iran for its execution spree "in the strongest terms," a leading dissident group released a report accusing Tehran of putting 2,013 Iranians to ...

A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during a home invasion robbery more than 30 years ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Asked if he had any last words, Geralds addressed someone by ...

Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...