Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions.

Simpson’s case will be considered a final time by the state’s Pardon and Parole Board this month. The board has the power to ...

Florida’s record execution spree in 2025 drove a sharp national uptick: Executions nearly doubled nationwide from 2024.

The state led the nation in executions with 19 people put to death, some of whom committed crimes in the Tampa Bay area ...

The drug that the state currently uses for executions is called pentobarbital. It is expensive, has a limited shelf life and ...

Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla. in 2023. (Curt Anderson/AP) Richard Randolph, a man who was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing his manager at a convenience store in 1988, was executed ...

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid ...

CNN — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday halted executions in the state until procedures for its newest method of execution -- firing squad -- are finalized. Attorneys for Brad Keith Sigmon ...

CHICAGO -- An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorneys Paul McAdoo and Beth Soja and legal fellow Allyson Veile are representing a news media coalition in a new lawsuit ...