WLRN

Executions in United States hit 12-year high, with Florida leading the nation

Anthony Boyd was the 40th person executed in 2025 with another two months left in the year. It is the largest number of ...

Executions in United States hit 12-year high; Alabama 2nd in nation for capital punishment

Alabama’s execution of Anthony Boyd on Thursday added to the growing number of executions for the year. Boyd was the 40th ...

DeSantis says string of executions in Florida about justice for victims' families

As Florida continues to add to a modern-era record for executions in a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he is bringing justice to victims’ families.

Will Ohio end its death penalty stalemate? Victims, prisoners wait for answers

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Media groups, including WBIR's owner, seek greater access to Tennessee's execution process

The complaint filed this week in Nashville argues witnesses should see the full execution process, from start to finish.
CNN

He spent months visiting death row inmates and witnessed three executions. Here’s what he’s learned

On August 9, 2018, Steven Hale stood outside a Tennessee prison as a convicted murderer inside awaited a lethal dose of a three-drug cocktail. It was the first execution of a death row inmate in the ...
Springfield News-Sun

Coleman, on death row for 1996 Springfield slaying, has execution delayed

Continuing Ohio’s trend of not executing convicted criminals, Governor Mike DeWine on Friday issued reprieves for three men on death row, one of them from Clark County, delaying their scheduled ...
NBC4 Columbus

Governor again reschedules executions as lawmakers propose new method

Watch a previous NBC4 report on Ohio lawmakers’ proposed new execution method in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gov. Mike DeWine has again rescheduled the execution of two Ohio ...