On October 7, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a media interview that Nidal Hasan’s execution would be ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scheduled the execution of William Reaves, a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran, for October 20. Mr. Reaves was sentenced to death for the 1986 shooting death of Sheriff’s ...

This page is updated on business days by 12pm Eastern Time to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. *Although Ohio has issued execution warrants for numerous dates through 2029, ...

Photograph documenting the 1910 public mob execution of Allen Brooks, a Black man, in Dallas, Texas. Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. On October 7, 2026, U.S.

DPI’s current monthly podcast series is called “12:01 The Death Penalty in Context” We speak with death penalty experts about timely death penalty developments in the news. To listen to any of the ...

In December 2003, a document was discovered at the Pentagon that listed the executions under United States military jurisdiction from 1945 through 1961. The handwritten list, entitled “Executed Death ...

The following is a list of execution “volunteers” — those individuals who waived at least part of their ordinary appeals or who terminated proceedings that would have entitled them to additional ...

Milestones in Abolition/Reinstatement In 1915, North Dakota abolished the death penalty except for two crimes: treason and murder committed by an inmate already serving a life sentence. The last ...

Use of the death penalty against Native Americans raises issues of racial discrimination, tribal sovereignty, and the limits of state and federal jurisdiction. Execution of Native Americans is linked ...

In the July 2023 episode of Discussions with DPIC, Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, speaks with Kirk Bloodsworth, the first person exonerated from death row by DNA evidence. Mr. Bloodsworth ...

Military October 7, 2026 Nidal Hasan May Be Executed on December 3 by Firing Squad; First Military Execution in 65 Years Federal Death Penalty June 8, 2026 U.S. Department of Justice Will Not Seek ...

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