Two bills pertaining to firing squad executions for death row inmates won’t advance further this session unless the authors ...

Before the lethal dose of pentobarbital was given, Thompson asked for forgiveness, while also stating: “There are no winners in this situation, it creates more victims and traumatizes more people 28 ...

Lawmakers voted against a bill to allow death sentences to be carried out by firing squads. Many lawmakers indicated they ...

A DOUBLE-MURDERER told the families of his victims that his execution would “traumatize more people” and begged for forgiveness moments before he died. Killer Charles Victor Thompson, ...

Charles Victor Thompson was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in 1998.

Indiana House debate over a bill to legalize execution by firing squad turned into a debate over capital punishment writ ...

Texas is officially the #1 state for job growth! In 2025, the Lone Star State added 132,500 jobs, beating every other state.

A South Carolina fugitive accused of killing his ex-girlfriend “execution-style” at her Queens home was ordered held without bail during a Thursday court appearance, where the mother of the slain ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a vague statement Wednesday that he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has indicated fast ...

Iran’s judiciary said there was no death penalty issued for Erfan Soltani, whose case drew international outcry. Analysts say the government is using fear and intimidation to keep people off the ...