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Texas Executes Matthew Johnson, Marking Fourth Execution in the State This Year

Johnson, convicted of murdering a 76-year-old gas station attendant in 2012, was executed by lethal injection 13 years after the crime.

Florida Executes Glen Rogers, Known as the 'Casanova Killer'

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

Texas Executes Moises Mendoza for 2004 Murder of Rachelle Tolleson

Global Executions in 2024 Hit Highest Level Since 2015, Amnesty Report Reveals

Global Executions Reach Highest Level in a Decade, Amnesty Reports

Global Executions Hit Decade-High in 2024, Driven by Middle East Nations

Los Angeles District Attorney Reinstates Death Penalty in Rare Cases

Two Death Row Inmates Executed in Oklahoma and Florida, Bringing 2025 Total to Ten

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches, Ending Two-Year Death Penalty Pause

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses Firing Squad for Execution

New Drama Revisits Ruth Ellis, the Last Woman Hanged in the UK

Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Federal Death Penalty Policies

China Executes Two Men for Deadly November Attacks

Justice Department Ends Federal Execution Protocol Over Pain Concerns

Iran Executes Record 31 Women in 2024, Highlighting Gender Disparities

Death Penalty Use in the U.S. Declines but Raises Concerns Over Fairness and Innocence

Shalom Nagar, Executioner of Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann, Dies at 86

Alabama Executes Convicted Killer Using Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method