>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution. Victor Tony Jones was sentenced to death in ...
Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...
Earlier this month, Florida executed Michael Bell for murdering two people in 1993. He was the eighth person put to death there this year. Bell’s execution would have attracted little attention but ...
Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, setting a new record in the country for the highest number of ...
Elizabeth Bruenig on witnessing U.S. executions and wrestling with mercy and justice Pulitzer finalist Elizabeth Bruenig recounts witnessing five executions over the past five years in her Atlantic ...