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Alabama Executes Jeffery Lee After Courts Block State’s Nitrogen Protocol

The move highlights unresolved legal and moral disputes over judge‑imposed death sentences, prompting scrutiny of execution policies.

Supreme Court Upholds Hanging and Lets Centre Review Execution Methods

Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Dennis Sochor for 1982 Murder

Idaho Makes Firing Squads the State’s Default Execution Method

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

Supreme Court Denies Alabama Emergency Bid to Use Nitrogen Gas in Execution

Judge Permanently Bars Alabama From Executing Man With Nitrogen Gas

Florida Executes James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, for 1976 Murder

Justice Department Restarts Federal Executions, Authorizes Firing Squads if Drugs Are Unavailable

Justice Department Restores Federal Executions, Adds Firing Squad Option

Justice Department Adds Firing Squad to Federal Execution Methods

Justice Department Backs Firing Squad, Electric Chair and Nitrogen Gas for Federal Executions

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

China Confirms Execution of French Citizen Convicted of Drug Trafficking

Iran Executes Amirhossein Hatami in Protest Crackdown

Iran Hangs Three Men in First Protest-Related Executions Since December Unrest

Oklahoma Executes Kendrick Simpson for 2006 Double Murder

Alabama Sets March Nitrogen Execution Window for Accomplice in 1991 AutoZone Killing

India’s Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Challenge to Death by Hanging

U.S. Executions Reach 16-Year High of 47 in 2025