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Iran Hangs Two Men Convicted of Islamic State Links

The executions follow a security operation at a Bamo mountain hideout that Tehran says targeted a post‑territorial ISIS cell.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Calls for Abolition of State Death Penalty

Pope Leo Condemns Death Penalty as DOJ Revives Federal Executions and Firing Squads

Justice Department Adds Firing Squad to Federal Execution Methods

Justice Department Restores Trump-Era Execution Protocol, Adds Firing Squads, Electrocution and Gas

Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence for Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton Two Days Before Execution

Ohio Weighs Nitrogen Executions as Yost Urges Action, DeWine Extends Delays

Trump Orders Federal Prosecutors to Pursue Death Penalty in D.C. Under New Memorandum

Trump Vows Death Penalty for D.C. Killers, Faces Statutory and Constitutional Hurdles

White House Preps Chicago Operation as DHS Eyes Naval Base Lodging and Illinois Leaders Ready Legal Fight

Trump Wavers on Chicago Troop Threat as D.C. Guard Patrols Continue With Weapons Authorization

Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence for Rocky Myers After Questions About Evidence

Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Federal Death Penalty Policies

Taiwan Executes First Death Row Inmate in Five Years, Drawing Rights Group Criticism

North Carolina Governor Commutes 15 Death Sentences to Life Imprisonment

Biden Commutes Death Sentences for 37 Federal Inmates in Final Weeks as President