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President Trump Announces the Military Will Not Publicly Livestream Nidal Hasan’s Execution

On October 7, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a media interview that Nidal Hasan’s execution would be ...
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The Racialized American History Behind Public Executions

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.
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Upcoming Executions

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, ...
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Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2026

On March 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Florida denied the state’s motion to lift the stay, explaining that the “circuit court continues to have concurrent jurisdiction to rule on motions related to ...
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New Death Sentences for Defendants Under Age 21 Have Virtually Vanished — Yet Three of Them Are Scheduled for Execution This Month

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roper v. Simmons (2005) relied on scientific evidence of incomplete brain development and the growing reluctance of state and international lawmakers to permit ...
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Christa Pike Requests Clemency Ahead of September 30 Execution Date; Experts’ Amicus Brief Points to ‘Substantial Risk’ of Re-traumatization

Lawyers for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, filed a 226-page clemency petition with Governor Bill Lee, asking him to commute her death sentence to life in prison without the ...
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Florida’s Outlier Status: Thirteen of the Nation’s Twenty-Three Executions in 2026, Even as Executions Elsewhere Decline

Florida executed William Silvia on August 18, 2026, the state’s 13 th execution of the year and the 23 rd nationally. Florida has now carried out 57 percent of this year’s executions in the United ...
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Tennessee Court Holds Multi-Day Hearing on Christa Pike’s Lethal Injection Challenge

UPDATE: The three-day evidentiary hearing concluded on August 13. Testimony centered on three contested issues: whether Ms. Pike’s thrombocytosis creates an unconstitutional risk of IV complications ...
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Florida Sets Two Executions for the Same Day, Ignoring Serious Concerns About the Innocence of One Man and Elderly Status of the Second Man

Mr. Duckett was set to be executed on March 31, 2026, but five days before his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court of Florida stayed his execution date pending the completion of DNA testing which ...
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Tennessee’s Botched Execution of Tony Carruthers Raises Questions About Medical Qualifications Among Concerns with Innocence and Due Process

Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, failed after execution team members could not establish an intravenous line after more than an hour of attempts, prompting Governor Bill ...
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What to Know: Women and the Death Penalty

DPI’s “What to Know” series examines capital punishment from multiple angles, one topic at a time. Each installment provides essential facts and data on specific aspects of the death penalty. Why it ...