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As the number of executions in Florida grows, so do the questions
Gudinas's execution is Florida's seventh this year. And already, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed an 8th warrant—tying the ...
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Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment
A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan’s ...
Texas could soon execute a man before his appeal is heard — and set a dangerous national precedent
If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...
On This Day: U.S. Supreme Court finds death penalty unconstitutional
On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...
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Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for New Mexico man
Federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty for the first time since 2018 in the case of a man charged in two homicides ...
Execution completed by lethal injection for Mississippi murderer Richard Jordan at Parchman
Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...
'Twitter Killer' who Raped and Murdered 8 Young Women — Then Kept Their Mutilated Remains as Trophies — Is Executed
Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered 9 people
The chilling mass murder case had gripped the nation for years and raised concerns over the use of social media.