Executions
Supreme Court's Sotomayor Says Trump Admin Executions Are 'Not Justice'
Dustin Higgs was the 13th and final person put to death since the Trump administration restarted federal executions.
Corey Johnson's Final Words Before Execution of Death Row Inmate
Before being put to death for seven murders in Richmond, Virginia, he apologized for his crimes and complained about missing doughnuts from his last meal.
Dustin Higgs, Cory Johnson Join Lisa Montgomery in Stays of Execution
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a stay of execution for the final two death row inmates who were scheduled to die under the Trump administration.
Lisa Montgomery Execution Stayed as Attorneys Appeal to Trump for 'Mercy'
Montgomery is the only woman on federal death row and would be the first executed by the U.S. government since 1953.
U.S. Death Sentences Hit Record Lows Amid Federal Executions Surge—Report
The U.S. government carried out more executions than all 50 U.S. states combined for the first time in the nation's history in 2020, according to the Death Penalty Information Center's year-end report.
Trump's Executions Will Be Most of Any President in Over a Century
Brandon Bernard was put to death on Thursday following his conviction for murder as a teenager in 1999.
AG Barr Orders Executions Ahead of Anti-Death-Penalty Biden Admin
Attorney General Bill Barr on Friday scheduled the executions for December and January, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden assuming office on January 20.
SCOTUS Federal Execution Dissenters Say Court Rushed 'Grave' Decision
The Supreme Court has indicated that the execution of four federal inmates, which had been blocked, may now proceed.
Federal Execution Planner Tests Positive for Coronavirus
In a court filing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said the employee tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
The U.S. is Set to Execute a Man With Dementia. He Won't Even Know Why
Wesley Purkey has schizophrenia, brain damage, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's and dementia. The Constitution requires the prisoner to understand why he is being executed. He clearly doesn't meet that test.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Demands to Know if Sanders Supports Fidel Castro
Matthews warned that if Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the 2020 election, there could be socialist-led executions in Central Park.
Trump Covering for MBS As Executions Double in Saudi Arabia: Activists
At least 122 people have been executed by the Saudi government this year as the royal family intensifies a crackdown on dissenters.
Member of ISIS Terror Squad The Beatles, 'Ringo,' Laughed at Jihad Videos
Alexanda Kotey, radicalized in West London, was one of four members of the notorious torture cell, infamous for their brutality and British accents.
Flamethrower Executions and Death Camps in North Korea
North Korea's ruling regime keeps more than 100,000 individuals in death camps and has carried out a series of horrific executions.
Hundreds of ISIS Mass Graves Discovered in Iraq
The United Nations has verified 202 mass graves across the country and warned there could still be more.
Death Row Inmate Uses Last Words to Tell Traffic Joke
Rodney Scott Berget was executed by lethal injection for a 2011 murder during a failed attempt to escape from jail.
Texas Executes First of Two Convicted Killers This Week
The last time two convicted killers were put to death on consecutive days was in 2012.
U.N.: Venezuelan Security Forces Execute Hundreds
More than 500 people have summarily been executed in raids since 2015, with security forces arranging the scene to suggesting victims "resisted arrest."
Alabama Executes 83-Year-Old Serial Bomber
Moody killed a judge and an attorney in December 1989 using package bombs.
China Is 'World's Top Executioner' as Global Rates Fall
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Ice Pick Killer Danny Bible Execution Date Set
Bible "left a trail of carnage" before he was convicted, 20 years later.
Trump Wants to Execute Big Drug Dealers
Despite his support for the approach, the president has doubts over whether such a law could be passed.
Killer John Battaglia Asked 'Am I Dead?' at Execution
In 2001, Battaglia shot the two girls and called their mother during the killings.
Why A Death Row Prisoner Wants Option of Firing Squad
Officials in November 2017 struggled for 25 minutes to find a vein to shoot lethal injection drugs into his arm.
Revenge: Yazidis Accused of Executing Civilians
The U.N. has called ISIS atrocities against the Yazidis a genocide but fighters from the ethnic group have been accused of reprisal killings.
Death Row Inmates Sue Nebraska Governor
The legal fight over executions in Nebraska reflects a national debate over whether to carry out the most serious punishment.
U.S. 'Horrified' by Brutal Execution of White Helmets
The seven first responders were discovered early Saturday, each of them with gunshot wounds in their heads.
Execution of Child Killer 'Too Easy:' Victim's Family
Public defender rebuts claims that Ronald Ray Phillips didn't struggle after a 3-drug lethal cocktail was administered.
Trump's Bad: Palestinians Aren't Ready to Discuss Peace
Polls show Palestinians are the most radicalized, anti-peace population in the Muslim world.
Meet the Inventor of the Lethal Injection
The forensic pathologist doesn't want his legacy to be creation of the country's first lethal injection method.