Iran carried out at least 2,159 of the approximately 2,707 executions recorded worldwide last year, according to Amnesty ...

The number of recorded death-penalty executions last year was 2,707, a 78% increase compared to the previous year, according ...

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of US executions in 2025, according to Amnesty International’s new annual report on the ...

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of ...

Attorneys call for a pause as litigation is underway, challenging the state’s current lethal injection protocol.

Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to intimidate Iranians from returning to the streets.

Florida has sharply increased executions as inmates allege errors in lethal injection drugs and procedures.

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is no stranger to botched executions such as the one in which defense attorneys say death row inmate Tony Carruthers was “tortured.” ...