The death row inmates facing execution across 5 states in a week

Raymond Johnson’s execution in Oklahoma is the first of five executions 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 ...

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

Nearly eight years after Ohio last carried out an execution, here’s what Acton and Ramaswamy are saying — and not saying — ...

'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Political executions surge in Iran since start of war

Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, the UN says it’s verified the execution of at least 32 political ...

The Death Penalty Is Legal in Nearly 30 States. How Many Executions Have Occurred?

South Carolina's execution of a convicted murderer by firing squad marked the sixth use of capital punishment in the United ...

'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions to their highest since 1981, says Amnesty International

In 2025, at least 2,707 people were executed globally, and of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, Amnesty International said on ...

Executions Surge in Iran Since Cease-Fire, Rights Groups Say

Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to ...
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Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
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Iran Has Carried Out Nearly 30 Political Executions Since Start Of US-Israel War

Iran has executed at least 29 prisoners since the start of the war, including two on the same day on May 13, including a ...