The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, and growing evidence of racial bias, wrongful convictions, and political ...

Thirty-four men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, and eight others are scheduled to be put to death by year’s end, including five in the next eight days. The total ...

This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left ...

Iran indicated it could continue mass executions of protesters arrested during the nationwide uprising against the despotic ...

Congress has been urged to end "extrajudicial executions", as the outrage grows over seemingly excessive force by ICE agents ...

The healthcare community has an important role in opposing the death penalty, argues an expert in The BMJ today. Bharat Malkani, reader in law at Cardiff University, says doctors must refuse to ...

Thirty-four men have been executed by court order in the US this year, with eight more scheduled before its close, five of whom are due to die in the next eight days. This year's total already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, file) ...

(AP) – Thirty-four men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, and eight others are scheduled to be put to death by year’s end, including five in the next eight days. The ...

TALLAHASSEE — As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing justice to victims’ families. Florida has executed 15 inmates ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "there is no plan" by Iran to hang people. "Hanging is out of the question." ...