On Jan. 17, 2006, California carried out what would turn out to be the last execution in the Golden State in the next two ...

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

Texas has scheduled four executions in 2026 for inmates on death row. The cases involve multiple murders, including crimes ...

He was hanged in Iran for a crime he insisted he didn't commit, executed by the country he longed to represent at the ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state’s death ...

Iran had planned to put a 26-year-old protester to death amid the wave of unrest in the country, but apparently stood down ...

Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists ...