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

South Carolina-based journalist Jeffrey Collins observed back-to-back executions in 2025 after the state revived the death penalty following a 13-year pause ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Friday, the first execution ...

The near-100% increase in executions was driven in large part by Florida, which at 19 executions counted for about 40% of the ...

Death penalty opponents in Tennessee got a jump on this year’s abolition efforts by urging the state to stop all executions ...

A report from the Death Penalty Information Center shows Alabama played a key role in executions and new death sentences.

A total of 47 men, have been killed by states operating the death penalty throughout the duration of this year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a record 19 executions in 2025 — and has carried out 17 so far — the highest ever in a single year in both the state and the U.S. since the 1970s. The state also ...

Capital punishment has been rarer in recent years, but 2025 has brought a complete reversal. This year has seen the most death row inmates put to death in a decade, a trend that will likely only ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade. The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically ...

Executions rose sharply in 2025 in both Saudi Arabia and the United States. Rights groups and analysts linked the trend to ...