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Texas Executes LeJames Norman for 2005 Triple Homicide

The execution after two decades on death row underscores Texas’s continued use of capital punishment as a co-defendant awaits execution next week.

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Stay of Execution for Stacey Humphreys

Florida Executes Harold Gene Lucas After 50 Years on Death Row

Japan Executes Osaka Arson Convict in First Hanging Under Takaichi

U.S. Carries Out Three Executions in One Day

Florida Set to Carry Out Two Executions on Same Day as Last‑Minute Legal Challenges Continue

Kerala Court Sentences Chenthamara to Death in Nenmara Double Murder

King Charles Grants Conditional Pardon to Ruth Ellis

Idaho Makes Firing Squads the State’s Default Execution Method

World Congress Against the Death Penalty Opens in Paris as Executions Rise

Supreme Court Leaves Lower Courts’ Ban on Alabama Nitrogen Executions in Place

DOJ Declines Death Penalty for Accused Minnesota Lawmaker Shooter

Tennessee Execution Aborted After Team Fails to Find Second IV

Arizona Executes Leroy McGill for 2002 Gasoline Immolation

Amnesty Reports 2025 Executions Hit Highest Level Since 1981, Driven by Iran and Saudi Arabia

Texas Executes Edward Busby After Supreme Court Lifts Stay

Oklahoma Executes Raymond Johnson for 2007 Murders of Ex-Girlfriend and Infant

Texas Jury Sentences Former FedEx Driver to Death for Killing of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Noose Cake at Ben-Gvir's Birthday Draws Police Brass, Triggers Backlash

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal