According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the ...

Iran has more than doubled state executions in 2024 with at least 612 people killed compared to 297 in the same period last ...

Twenty-seven men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Nine other people are scheduled to be put ...

People from the San Diego Iranian American community rallied on Tuesday, demanding a stop to what they believe have been mass ...

The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was ...

The inmates contend juries sentenced them to execution by lethal injection and the Legislature “cannot rewrite those verdicts ...

Should the scheduled executions go forward, this will be the second month in 2025 when two executions were held. Jeffrey Hutchinson and Glen E. Rogers were both put to death in May.

For the last decade or so, those opposed to capital punishment have been repeating the same mantra as a way to mark the progress of their campaign to end state killing in this country: The number of ...

Iran Iran slammed for record surge in executions of regime opponents: 'true face is on display' United Nations experts issue statement urging Iran to stop current execution spree ...

The eight executions in 1984 and 2014 were the most since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 after a U.S. Supreme Court decision had halted executions.

Ten Arkansas death row prisoners filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to block a new state law that authorizes execution by ...