As Gov. Ron DeSantis accelerated the pace of Florida executions in the past two years, the first Southwest Florida convict ...

Two executions were scheduled on one day.

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D4vd has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly killing and dismembering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, which raises ...

Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last.

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Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.

Japan faces steep challenges in abolishing the death penalty despite repeated calls from human rights groups, legal experts and the Catholic Church, as public support for capital punishment remains ...

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A Texas man was charged with capital murder after his 2-year-old daughter died from being left in a hot car while he was ...