Religious group condemns Tennessee governor for not pausing executions

The group of clergymen is working with an anti-death penalty organization called Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death ...
Newsweek

Latest Death Row Executions: Final Words, Crimes Explained

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series ...
Hoodline

Nashville Clergy Condemn Gov Bill Lee Over Executions

A coalition of Nashville pastors and priests stood shoulder to shoulder with abolition activists on Thursday, publicly ...
WWNO

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said ...

Jordan resumes executions after nearly a decade with six hangings

Jordan has executed six convicted criminals for the first time in nearly a decade, Human Rights Watch reported on Tuesday. “Carrying out six executions in a single morning marks a sharp return to a ...

Opinion: ‘Dignity’ is a poor excuse for blocking press access to state executions

There is, of course, something odd about using the word dignity to describe what happens when the state kills one of its ...
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Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

The number of executions around the globe spiked to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International, with state-sanctioned killings nearly doubling in the United States ...