COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide so far this year has hit a 15-year high. A handful of states have suddenly ...

The last-minute reprieve in Tony Carruthers’ scheduled execution on May 21 is yet another reminder of a longer history in Tennessee. Carruthers' executioners were unable to find a vein to insert a ...

Protesters call for an end to the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 3, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Jason Reed, Reuters The U.S. system of capital punishment operates ...

Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona executed 63-year-old Leroy Dean McGill for the 2002 murder of Charles Perez after he spent more than 20 years on death row. McGill did not resist during the execution ...