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A new report by the Death Plenty Information Center finds that new death sentences are on the decline in the U.S. in 2025, ...
Reforms have been implemented in Texas and other states to avoid mistakes that send innocent people to death row. However, ...
Florida is gearing up to break its execution record in July 2025, with plans for nine executions, marking the highest number ...
Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in six states during the remainder of 2025. Michael B. Bell ...
While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...
For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more scheduled in the months ahead.
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in Florida.  The Rev. Jeff Hood is “determined to let people know you’re ...
Gudinas was found guilty in 1995 of the rape and murder of Michelle McGrath. The court heard that the young woman's body, bearing signs of severe trauma and sexual assault, was discovered in an ...
More than 100 Florida faith leaders signed a letter pleading with Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause the fast pace of executions in ...
If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June, the same number will have taken place in the first half of 2025 as in all of 2024. Death row in Trump’s America: 4 executions in ...