The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve earlier this month, as advocates for abolishing capital punishment say the political winds continue to shift slowly in their favor. The ...

Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...

Fresh off a week of dispensing with last year’s leftovers, policy committees of t Legislature begin the slog over this year’s ...

Public safety reforms, new powers for the state auditor and new crimes tied to natural disaster recovery efforts are among the state laws going into effect Monday. Some earned near-unanimous support ...

Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state carried out its 17th execution Nov. 20, with two more scheduled by the end of ...