States put to death 47 people last year, double the recent norm. What’s behind the rise?

Executions in the US are becoming increasingly cruel, with states adopting new methods such as nitrogen hypoxia and lethal ...

Texas carried out the first US execution of 2026 on January 28. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, died by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, marking another round in the state ...

The machinery of state-sanctioned killing in the United States continued this week with executions in Florida and Oklahoma, the second and third executions of 2026. The deaths of these men underscore ...

A man who killed two men in a drive-by shooting after a nightclub altercation is set to be the first execution of the year in Oklahoma and the second in the United States. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026, keeping the state on ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice ...