Las Vegas Sun

Executions by states doubled in 2025, with Florida accounting for largest share

Florida’s record execution spree in 2025 drove a sharp national uptick: Executions nearly doubled nationwide from 2024.

Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions in 2025.
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S.C. man chooses execution by firing squad despite concerns over last case

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim’s blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the third ...
KCCI Des Moines

What's behind this year's spike in death row executions after years of decline

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...
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South Carolina man chooses execution by firing squad despite concerns over last death by bullets

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man on death row in South Carolina who taunted investigators with messages written with a victim's blood chose Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will be the ...

Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

On Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more than doubling the state's previous annual record.
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As India Sticks To Death By Hanging, A Look At Execution Methods Across The World

The Supreme Court is listening to a proposal to give convicts on death row an option of choosing lethal injection as an alternative to death by hanging as a mode of execution. On Wednesday, the top ...