Capital Punishment

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Indiana Executes Benjamin Ritchie for 2000 Police Officer Murder

Ritchie, convicted of killing Officer Bill Toney during a foot chase, was executed early May 20 in the state’s second execution since 2009.

Texas Prepares for Execution of Matthew Lee Johnson 13 Years After Fatal Convenience Store Attack

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

James Osgood Executed for 2010 Rape and Murder in Alabama

South Carolina Executes Mikal Mahdi by Firing Squad, Second Such Execution in Five Weeks

South Carolina Prepares for Second Firing Squad Execution of 2025

Florida Executes Michael Tanzi for 2000 Murder of Miami Herald Employee

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

Supreme Court Declines Lance Shockley Appeal, Leaving Circuit Split Unresolved

Japan Awards Record $1.4 Million to Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Florida Executes Edward Thomas James for 1993 Murders of Child and Grandmother

Oklahoma Executes Wendell Grissom for 2005 Murder in Home-Invasion Robbery

Arizona Executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 Murder Under Updated Protocols

Florida Man Convicted of Raping and Killing 8-Year-Old Set for Execution Pending Supreme Court Appeal

Louisiana Executes Jessie Hoffman Using Nitrogen Gas in Landmark Case

Idaho Faces Challenges in Reviving Firing Squad Executions

South Carolina Prepares for First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years

Three Indian Nationals Executed in UAE for Separate Murder Convictions

South Carolina Prepares for First Firing Squad Execution in 15 Years

Louisiana Death Row Inmate Dies Weeks Before Scheduled Execution