Execution set for this week in Georgia put on hold for now
ATLANTA — Georgia’s parole board on Monday put an execution scheduled for Wednesday on hold, but it was…
Tennessee executes man for 1988 rape and murder of college student Karen Pulley
Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of…
Florida man executed for the killing of a woman during a home invasion decades ago
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago…
Taliban conducts public execution in Khost stadium in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern…
Israel investigating killing of Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank…
Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on…
Florida governor signs death warrant for serial killer as state sets record pace for executions
A death row inmate who was convicted of fatally shooting a U.S. airman and his girlfriend and later…
Bangladesh remains calm following ousted prime minister’s death sentence
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s capital and major cities were calm Tuesday despite a call for a nationwide…
Bangladesh beefs up security ahead of verdict against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The interim government in Bangladesh beefed up security in the nation’s capital and elsewhere Monday…
South Carolina man is set to be executed by firing squad for 2004 killings
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed Friday by a firing…
Oklahoma death row inmate granted clemency on the morning of his scheduled execution
A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared…
What’s driving the rise in U.S. death row executions in 2025?
Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the…