Florida executed Andrew Lukehart, convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 5-month-old baby... Andrew Richard Lukehart was sentenced to death in 1997 for the murder of 5-month-old Gabrielle Hanshaw, whose body he dumped in a pond.
Death penalty in Arizona: why it can take up to 20 years to be carried out... Attorney Benjamin Taylor, an expert in civil rights and criminal defense, explained why a death sentence in Arizona takes so many years to carry out
A Texas man became the first person executed in the US in 2026... Charles Victor Thompson was sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new partner almost 27 years ago
A Texas man became the first person executed in the US in 2026... Charles Victor Thompson was sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new partner almost 27 years ago
Florida ends the year with a historic record of 19 executions... Frank Athen Walls became the nineteenth inmate executed in Florida, bringing the state's record year-end death sentence
Man accused of triple murder executed by firing squad in South Carolina... Stephen Bryant chose to be executed by firing squad instead of lethal injection or the electric chair, becoming the third person to die by this method in the state
Indiana executes Roy Lee Ward, murderer and rapist of a 15-year-old teenager... Ward had exhausted his legal options after more than two decades. His attorney said he was
Florida will execute a criminal with a mental disability and will expand its record to 12 dead... David Joseph Pittman was convicted of killing his wife Marie parents in May 1990, with whom he was divorcing
Man Sentenced to Death for Double Murder in Oklahoma... Michael Dwayne Smith, convicted of double murder in Oklahoma in 2002, receives death penalty. Oklahoma Attorney General hopes for peace for victims families.
