Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch ...

Religious leaders across Florida have penned a letter asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause executions after more prisoners were ...

In 2024, 25 death row inmates were executed in nine states. The number of executions each year has remained under 30 for nearly a decade. "If you look back a number of years, you can see a much ...

Nine inmates on Tennessee’s death row have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol ... The governor in 2022 halted executions after it was found the state failed ...

The agreement does not halt all executions of death row inmates. The last inmate executed by the state was Willie James Pye on March 20, 2024. Meanwhile, ...

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.

When a Death Row inmate isn't killed as planned, the result can be a drawn-out, agonizing death. And it happens more often than you might think. Just this week, a South Carolina firing squad ...

Hale witnessed two of those executions, in addition to Irick’s. He chronicles his experiences in a new book, “Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber ...

President Biden’s Justice Department has ordered a moratorium on carrying out federal death sentences after a surge in executions under the Trump administration. By Hailey Fuchs The routine ...