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 ...

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.

The state is set to end the year with 19 executions, the most in a single year in the modern era of capital punishment. The entryway to Florida State Prison is seen in August. The prison houses the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida despite historically low support for the form of punishment, the Death ...

Justices to consider how to determine if a person is "intellectually disabled." More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital ...

Attorneys for Frank Walls cited prison drug logs and autopsy records to argue that his Dec. 18 execution could be “disastrous.” The execution chamber is seen at Florida State Prison in Starke. A ...

The billionaire co-founder of the data analytics and software giant Palantir has called for the U.S. to bring back public hangings for repeat violent offenders. Joe Lonsdale defended open-air ...

Faith leaders called for the halt of state executions and a complete end to the death penalty in Tennessee. “Together, the Catholics in Tennessee, led by the three bishops, the three dioceses of the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide so far this year has hit a 15-year high. A handful of states have suddenly ...