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Death Penalty
US to carry out first firing squad execution since 2010
7 Mar
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2024
Death Row
US state executes two men despite conviction doubts
25 Sep 2024
United States
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas using controversial method for the first time
26 Jan 2024
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Death Row
UN urges Alabama to halt first US execution using nitrogen gas, says it could 'amount to torture'
24 Jan 2024
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All time
Russia
Ukraine vows revenge for soldier shot after saying pro-Ukraine chant in viral video
7 Mar 2023
12
Execution
Texas executes man who admitted murders but said trial was tainted by racial bias
9 Feb 2023
9
Robert Fratta
Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
11 Jan 2023
8
Execution
First transgender inmate executed in the US
4 Jan 2023
Protests
International outcry of 'inhumanity' as Iran carries out execution over Amini protests
9 Dec 2022
6
Iran
Iran carries out first known execution over Mahsa Amini protests
8 Dec 2022
11
Myanmar
Myanmar military junta executes four political prisoners
Updated 25 Jul 2022
11
America
Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite pleas for clemency
6 Oct 2021
36
lisa montgomery
US carries out first federal execution of woman since 1953
13 Jan 2021
67
Death Penalty
US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
Updated 13 Jul 2020
80
Nicholas Sutton
Quadruple murderer put to death in Tennessee despite lawyers request for stay of execution
21 Feb 2020
39
Fukuoka
Japan executes Chinese man convicted of 2003 murder - the first foreigner executed in 10 years
26 Dec 2019
36
rodney reed
US inmate due to be executed next week granted stay amid claims new evidence could exonerate him
16 Nov 2019
32
Charles Rhines
Man who claimed his murder trial was tainted by homophobia executed in South Dakota
5 Nov 2019
34
mark soliz
Man (37) who was convicted of two murders executed in Texas jail
11 Sep 2019
20
Gary Ray Bowles
Florida executes serial killer who targeted gay men along US east coast
23 Aug 2019
37
I-95 KILLER
Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast
22 Aug 2019
28
Lethal Injection
Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
12 Apr 2019
26
tennessee
Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
6 Dec 2018
47
Lethal Injection
'I just want to say I'm really sorry' - Tennessee executes man who raped and killed a child
10 Aug 2018
68
Aum Shinrikyo
Leader of Japanese doomsday cult executed
6 Jul 2018
27
danny bible
'It hurts' - Texas executes 'ice pick killer', denies him last-minute appeal to face firing squad
28 Jun 2018
81
Death Penalty
Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
12 Apr 2018
65
Death Penalty
Florida killer yells 'murderers!' as he is put to death
23 Feb 2018
119
other victims
Texas serial killer gets stay from execution after last-minute revelations
19 Oct 2017
39
Florida
Man put to death using new lethal injection for racist murder
25 Aug 2017
52
credible source
Man executed in Texas despite last-ditch claims lawyer defended him using Wikipedia for research
28 Jul 2017
20
Death Penalty
Last-minute appeals for mentally ill prisoner due to be executed tomorrow in the US
5 Jul 2017
77
Capital Punishment
US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle
26 May 2017
28
Executions
Arkansas struggling to get more lethal injection drugs
29 Apr 2017
49
cruel and unusual
US judge blocks plan to execute nine people in 10 days
15 Apr 2017
42
Death Penalty
Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
9 Jan 2017
51
getting rid of the gallows
30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executed
31 Dec 2016
47
defected
Diplomat labelled 'human scum' by North Korea vows to expose 'gruesome' regime
20 Dec 2016
10
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia has executed one of its princes for murder
18 Oct 2016
44
Barney Fuller
"I don't have anything to say, you can proceed, warden" - Texas executes man who killed his neighbours
6 Oct 2016
34
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