A look at the status of US executions in 2025 Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Six other people are scheduled to be put to death in five states ...

Oscar Franklin Smith was served his last meal on May 21 ahead of his execution scheduled for 10 a.m. the next morning.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office requested an execution date on Friday for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, the Spencer County man convicted in 2007 for the rape and murder of 15‑year‑old ...

Twenty-five executions were also carried out last year and in 2018. Those are the highest totals since there were 28 in 2015. Here's a look at recent executions and those scheduled for the rest of the ...

Indiana seeks execution date for Roy Lee Ward, despite previous plans to pause lethal injection drug purchases.

Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests Three Iranians were executed for alleged spying, Iran's judiciary said.

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office requested an execution date Friday for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward.

Japan hangs the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

Alabama has set an execution date for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the head while she slept.

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and four other people are scheduled to be put to death in three states during the remainder of 2025. The latest was a ...