Raymond Johnson’s execution in Oklahoma is the first of five executions scheduled across the country over eight days.

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James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. James Hitchcock appears in Florida prison mug shots ...

Chadwick Scott Willacy, convicted of first-degree murder for setting his elderly neighbor on fire after she allegedly caught him burglarizing her home, maintained his innocence right before being ...

James Franklin Rose has been waiting a lifetime to be put to death. Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the warrant authorizing the May 21 execution of Richard Knight, 47, who was convicted of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Trump administration will expedite federal death penalties while ...

Florida leads the nation in executions this year, with five carried out so far in 2026. Governor Ron DeSantis has accelerated the pace of executions, citing an obligation to provide closure for ...

A Mississippi death row inmate convicted in a 2017 killing spree that left eight people dead is asking the state’s highest court to overturn his conviction and death sentence.In a petition filed ...

The number of death row inmates from Brevard County has dropped from 12 to three over the last decade. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has increased the pace of executions, with 19 inmates executed in 2025.

On March 3, 1994, the bodies of Marcellos “Cello” Anderson, his mother, Delois Anderson, and Frederick Tucker were found buried in a Memphis graveyard underneath a casket. They had been missing for a ...

It’s been more than 15 years since Washington state executed a death row inmate. In 2014, then-Gov. Jay Inslee placed a moratorium on executions for the remainder of his term. This followed continuing ...