executions

Iranian authorities on Monday executed five people over "armed drug smuggling" in the south of the country, the judiciary reported.The convicts, "all criminals and armed drug smugglers," had been sentenced to death by hanging in a…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed three scheduled executions amid the struggle to find lethal drug suppliers, the office announced on Friday.In a statement, DeWine said he delayed the executions, "due to…

Florida executed a man known as the "ninja killer" on Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey.Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection, the…

Iran hanged 75% more people in 2022 than the previous year, two rights groups said on Thursday, warning the country's "killing machine" might be putting even more people to death this year following protests that rocked the…

President Joe Biden promised to end the death penalty during his presidential campaign, but two years into his presidency his Department of Justice (DOJ) is still fighting death row inmates’ appeals to have their sentences reversed,…

The governor of Idaho has signed into law a bill legalizing the use of a firing squad in state executions.Gov. Brad Little signed the bill after it was passed on March 20 by a veto-proof majority of the Idaho Legislature.Under the new law,…

A Texas inmate convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago was executed on Tuesday.Gary Green, 51, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in…

A Texas inmate is facing scheduled execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago.Gary Green, 51, is set to receive a lethal injection for the…

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Former President Donald Trump had been widely discussing with “close associates” ahead of his 2024 presidential campaign bringing back the death penalty, expanding the execution methods used by the federal…

A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday.Wesley Ruiz, 43, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, for the…