The United States recorded its highest number of executions since 2009 in 2025, with 47 people executed across 11 states, as ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026 ...

Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

Ronald Heath, convicted of a 1989 murder, is set to be executed today, Feb. 10, as Florida's first execution of 2026 after courts denied appeals.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly a year ago, Gov. Mike DeWine suggested to a room full of reporters that he was preparing to make some sort of announcement about Ohio’s broken-down death penalty system. “We’ve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very ...

Nevada death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier confers with Lori Teicher, a federal public defender involved in his case, during a Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, appearance in Clark County District Court in ...

A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very rarely in modern day United States: execution by firing squad. Senate ...