As Christa Pike awaits death, botched executions come into focus

As Christa Pike waits to become first woman executed in Tennessee, here's a look at death penalty cases that ended ...
Axios on MSN

DeWine says Ohio should end executions

Gov. Mike DeWine declared Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty. Why it matters: The Republican governor helped ...

SC Supreme Court to decide how much stays secret about executions

The question is part of an ongoing lawsuit challenging a 2023 expansion to a law protecting companies that provide lethal ...
WESH

Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

Executions among issues in play in Becerra-Hilton race

Republican Steve Hilton favors the death penalty while Democrat Xavier Becerra would keep Gavin Newsom's moratorium on ...
WWNO

Death row executions are up to 44 this year — the highest in over a decade

The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically this year to a level not seen in more than a decade. That's alarming opponents of the death penalty who say public opinion ...

Indiana remains one of two states not to allow media at executions

The state of Indiana resumed executing convicted people on death row for the first time in 15 years in December 2024.
Newsday

8 executions in October: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month. The total for 2025 ...
kcra.com

What's behind this year's spike in death row executions after years of decline

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...
WLWT

Four executions are scheduled in four states over four days this week

Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not abnormal – comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald Trump calls ...
WWNO

Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

The number of executions around the globe spiked to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International, with state-sanctioned killings nearly doubling in the United States in ...

Army lays groundwork for death row executions if Trump gives approval

The Army is preparing to carry out the executions of the military's four death-row inmates if ordered to do so by the president, according to an internal planning document reviewed by ABC News. If ...