In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 states, the highest annual ...

I review historical consequences when death row executions went wrong. Lainey Wilson checks in on Nashville at Grammys Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday issued multiple reprieves, delaying three executions until 2029. DeWine, who has not authorized an execution since taking office, cited “ongoing ...

Iran’s top prosecutor Thursday denied President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran, Iran, halted mass executions of imprisoned protesters under U.S. pressure — a rebuttal that comes as Trump openly ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scheduled the state's second execution of 2026 for February 24. Melvin Trotter was convicted of a 1986 murder and sentenced to death in 1987, then resentenced to ...

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, houses all of the state's male death row inmates (AP Photo/George Walker IV) A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of prisoners, from the time the condemned person enters the execution chamber ...

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The UN Human Rights Office raised alarm on Monday of a “sharp hike” in the number of executions globally in 2025. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk articulated the office’s key ...

A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press ...