Death row executions nearly doubled this year compared to last in a rise driven largely by one state — FloridaOn Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more than ...

Florida executed a record-breaking 19 death row inmates in 2025, nearly doubling the national average, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center. This surge in executions comes ...

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, ...

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

First came the Manhattan shooting death of a health insurance CEO. In the months that followed, a young couple working for ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

A Fulton County judge has temporarily halted the execution of a Georgia inmate convicted of murdering two female real estate ...

Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...

TALLAHASSEE — As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing justice to victims’ families. Florida has executed 15 inmates ...

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...

Saudi authorities put two people to death on Monday to reach 17 executions in three days, state media said, as the conservative kingdom accelerated toward a record number of executions this year. Two ...

On Oct. 15, Florida executed William Happ, a man who most agreed deserved little sympathy. Happ kidnapped 21-year-old Angela Crowley in 1986 from outside a convenience store in Crystal River and raped ...