Latest death row executions: Final words, crimes explained

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...
NBC DFW

Execution nears as juror cites new confession in push to stop death row case

Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder outside a music studio ...

Florida executions by far lead the nation in the past 16 months

The execution Thursday of James Hitchcock was the sixth so far in Florida this year, a stunning pace that has Florida leading the nation in executions in 2026 of Death Row inmates. Florida set a new ...

DOJ reinstates firing squads, pentobarbital for federal executions

The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.
Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia: Surge in Executions Over a Decade

(Beirut)—Saudi Arabia’s execution of more than 2,000 people over the last decade in many cases violates Saudi and international law and belies the government’s claims of reform, 36 groups including ...

Ohio’s death penalty: Where Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy stand on resuming executions

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Gov. Mike DeWine prepares to retire without allowing any executions during his eight years in office, it will be up to his successor to figure out what to do with the state’s ...

Every Business Has The Same Tools—The Execution Gap Is Stalling Your Transformation

AI access is a commodity now, not a differentiator. Your AI stack just shows that you have access to the same tools as your ...