Utah bill to speed up timeline on death penalty cases moves forward

Saying Utah's death penalty process is too slow, a lawmaker is pushing past criticism that her plan could end in an ...

Contextualizing claim Indiana HB 1119 would have allowed death row gas chambers, firing squad if passed

Indiana lawmakers attempted to pass legislation that would allow the state execute people via gas chambers and firing squads.
Arizona Mirror

Arizona could ask voters to allow firing squad executions under GOP proposal

Arizona Republicans are advancing a proposal to bring back firing squad executions, including as a mandatory option for those ...

Where death chamber once stood, Newsom shows off prison remodel emphasizing rehabilitation

Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended the death penalty and ordered the dismantling of death row. He unveiled changes at San Quentin that include a new education center.
WUFT

Moral divide over death penalty plays out in unusual fashion at state’s first execution this year

RAIFORD, Fla. – The moral divide over the death penalty played out in Florida this week in a remarkably personal and unusual display, as the state executed its first prisoner of 2026. Florida executed ...
kcra.com

What's behind this year's spike in death row executions after years of decline

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...