Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

On Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more than doubling the state's previous annual record.

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month. The total for 2025 ...

Earlier this month, Florida executed Michael Bell for murdering two people in 1993. He was the eighth person put to death there this year. Bell’s execution would have attracted little attention but ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump has been forthright about his intention to bring about a death-penalty renaissance, and now his ...

The Florida context from Florida Phoenix: Three death warrants are pending in Florida as of this writing, for Norman M. Grim Jr. in the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor in Escambia County; Bryan ...

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...

Florida is on track to more than double the state record number of executions; the state’s previous high was eight in 2014. This year, 15 inmates have been executed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed ...