Florida plans to execute former cop James Duckett at noon ET on July 28 for an 11-year-old girl's murder. Six hours later, ...

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace. Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an ...

The pastor of the church said the skit was about "killing the devil," and the video was spreading without proper context. In late June 2026, people shared a video appearing to show children at a ...

Video of a Vacation Bible School dramatization in Lexington's Mt. Olivet Baptist Church has gone viral, drawing objections over its violent imagery. In the video, children in the pews watch and cheer ...

A claim (archived) circulated online in June 2026 that, starting July 1, Idaho would use the firing squad as its primary method of execution for death-row prisoners. One Facebook user wrote, "Idaho is ...

A former Florida prison warden who oversaw executions is urging current corrections workers to refuse to participate in them. The author, a veteran who voted for Republican candidates, argues that ...

Four death row inmates could be executed, as part of a move that could end a 65-year pause in military executions. The Army has prepared for the possibility of carrying out executions of the ...

MIAMI — Florida executed its oldest death row inmate Thursday, carrying out the state’s ninth execution of 2026 as religious leaders continued urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt the use of the death ...

People march down Jones Street, across from the North Carolina Executive Mansion in downtown Raleigh, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in protest of the death penalty in the state. Korie Dean ...

A 74-year-old Florida man was executed on Thursday for his conviction in the 1992 fatal stabbing of his wife, making him the oldest inmate in modern state history to be put to death. Dusty Ray Spencer ...

MIAMI — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida’s modern history on Thursday, and the state is scheduled to execute another 74-year-old ...

Florida executed Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the brutal 1992 murder of his wife in front of her teenage son.