Since the start of the war, Iran has ramped up executions, particularly in cases involving alleged espionage or security-related charges.

First Florida executed James Hitchcock for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. Then Texas executed ...

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a ...

The ruling cited concerns over Edward Busby’s eligibility for capital punishment because of intellectual disability.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announced ...

Florida plans its sixth execution of 2026, continuing an accelerated schedule under Gov. Ron DeSantis. A record number of ...