Executions then resumed in 1977, when double murderer Gary Gilmore was put to death by firing squad. A steady rise in ...

It’s been more than 15 years since Washington state executed a death row inmate. In 2014, then-Gov. Jay Inslee placed a ...

Twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025. Tennessee ...

Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier ...

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.

Saudi Arabia’s execution of more than 2,000 people over the last decade in many cases violates Saudi and international law ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts ...

The Iranian regime executed more than 1,600 people last year — marking a three decade high not seen since the end of the ...

Iranians and observers describe what they say is a continued crackdown in Iran.

Three young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as ...

Gulf kingdom's use of death penalty increases fivefold, despite crown prince's promises of reform and modernisation ...