Utah Department of Corrections - File / AP State Scraps Lethal Drug Combo for Upcoming Execution Over Fears It Could Cause 'Excruciating Suffering' At least 14 states have used pentobarbital in executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. By The Associated Press July 20, 2024
@CBS Mornings / X; @KHOU / X Texas Executes Convicted Rapist-Murderer on Teen Victim's Birthday; Killer Gives Regretful Last Words to Victim's Family The convicted killer of an 18-year-old woman was executed in Texas on what would have been his victim's 41st birthday. By Jack Davis June 27, 2024
Natalie Behring / Getty Images Chad Daybell Sentenced to Death in Triple Murder Case, Victims' Only Surviving Sibling Speaks: 'I Lost Everything I've Ever Known' An Idaho man has been sentenced to death in connection with the murder of his first wife and two of his second wife's children. By Jack Davis June 1, 2024
WBZ-TV / YouTube video screen shot Bloody Courthouse Brawl Breaks Out Between Families of Murder Suspect and Victim "It was murder and it was intentional," the victim's mother said. "If Massachusetts had the death penalty that’s what I would want." By George C. Upper III May 1, 2024
Yasin Akgul - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Rapper Sentenced to Death in Iran for Lyrics About the Regime An Iranian rapper has received a literal death sentence for daring to criticize the country's oppressive and brutal regime in his music. By Allison Anton April 25, 2024
KTVB7 / YouTube screen shot One of Longest-Serving Death Row Inmates Scheduled for Execution in Just Days Barring any last-minute stay, the 73-year-old, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, will die by lethal injection Wednesday. By The Associated Press February 24, 2024
@pslnational / X screen shotCommentary Pro-Houthi Leftists Silent as Radical Group Announces Mass Execution of Homosexuals "If the Israeli government decided to execute 13 people because they are gay, the Western media would go berserk." By Rachel M. Emmanuel February 8, 2024
Paul Buck - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Man and Mistress Executed for What They Did to His Kids Deemed 'Obstacles' to Their Affair A couple in China who had started an adulterous affair received the ultimate penalty for a horrific child murder. By Robert Jonathan February 1, 2024
Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP SCOTUS Will Hear Death Row Inmate's Case The state's Republican attorney general has taken the unusual step of siding with the inmate in the case because of concerns about his trial. By The Associated Press January 22, 2024
Scott Olson / Getty Images DOJ Announces Plans for Mass Shooter and Some People Are Not Happy About It "These cases are litigated always up to the United States Supreme Court because the ultimate death penalty is an issue..." By Ben Kew January 14, 2024