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‘Heinous crimes’: PA condemns Hamas for reported executions in Gaza

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 · World News

The Palestinian Authority “strongly condemned” the reported field executions carried out by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a statement shared by the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA)…

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Iran carried out 1,000 executions this year, says Amnesty

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 · World News

Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people so far this year, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday. This was the highest number of yearly executions in…

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Over 1,000 people executed by Islamic regime over past nine months, human rights org. claims

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 · World News

The number of executions has reportedly reached a three-decade peak, with 64 executions over the past week alone. Iran has executed at least 1,000 people over the past…

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Alabama can use nitrogen in execution, state’s top court rules

Alabama can use nitrogen in execution, state’s top court rules

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 · Breaking News

Montgomery, Ala. — A divided Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that hasn’t been used carry out…

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Arizona inmate withdraws execution request, citing recent executions he says amounted

Arizona inmate withdraws execution request, citing recent executions he says amounted

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 · US News

Phoenix — An Arizona death row inmate has withdrawn his request to be executed. In a handwritten motion dated Wednesday and addressed to the Arizona Supreme Court, Aaron…

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Missouri prepares to execute man for killing officer in 2005

Missouri prepares to execute man for killing officer in 2005

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 · Breaking News

FOR MOVEMENT TUESDAY AT 1 AM ET. EDITED BY CBLAKE. A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the…

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Judge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocol

Judge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocol

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 · Breaking News

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death, and his ruling could determine whether…

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Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 · Breaking News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third…

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Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 · Breaking News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented…

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EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?

EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?

November 18, 2022November 19, 2022 · US News

OKLAHOMA CITY — A scheduled execution in Alabama that was called off Thursday after prison officials couldn’t find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs into is…

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Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV

Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 · Breaking News

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the midnight deadline because…

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Alabama cancels execution of inmate in 1988 murder because of trouble establishing venous access, time concerns

Alabama cancels execution of inmate in 1988 murder because of trouble establishing venous access, time concerns

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 · US News

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Alabama calls off execution after difficulties inserting IV

Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher’s wife

November 16, 2022November 17, 2022 · US News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife, even though a jury recommended he receive life…

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Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 3-year-old’s killing

Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 3-year-old’s killing

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 · Breaking News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma plans to execute a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turns 63 on…

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Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

November 15, 2022November 16, 2022 · US News

HOUSTON — A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening…

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Arizona set to execute man in 1980 killings of 2 people

Arizona set to execute man in 1980 killings of 2 people

November 15, 2022November 16, 2022 · Breaking News

PHOENIX — A man convicted in the 1980 killings of two people was scheduled to die Wednesday in what would be Arizona’s third execution since it started carrying…

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Arizona set to execute man in 1980 killings of 2 people

Arizona death-row prisoner makes last-minute claim to court

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 · US News

PHOENIX — An Arizona prisoner scheduled to be executed Wednesday in the 1980 killings of two people asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his claim that authorities…

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Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims

Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 · Breaking News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he should not be executed because he is intellectually…

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Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute

Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 · US News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with…

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Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughter

Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughter

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 · US News

McALESTER, Okla. — A 57-year-old Oklahoma man is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002, despite claims by his attorneys…

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