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Tenn. Sets Execution Date for Its Only Death-Row Female

Christa Pike is scheduled to die on Sept. 26, 2026

(Newser) - The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received a death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer, who was a fellow Knoxville Job Corps student. The Tennessean reports...

Florida Carries Out 13th Execution of the Year

Victor Tony Jones killed married couple during robbery

(Newser) - A man convicted of killing a married couple during a robbery in South Florida in 1990 was put to death Tuesday in a record 13th execution this year in the state. Victor Tony Jones, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:13pm following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near...

Alabama, Texas Carry Out Executions
Alabama, Texas
Put 2 Men to Death
Sep 26, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

Alabama, Texas Put 2 Men to Death

In Alabama case, son of victim had pleaded for killer's life to be spared

(Newser) - Two executions took place Thursday night, the 32nd and 33rd in the US this year:
  • An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery was put to death Thursday after apologizing to his victim's family and pleas from the woman's son to spare
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Florida Executes Man Who Killed Wife's Sister, Parents

David Pittman's execution was state's record 12th of the year, with 2 more scheduled

(Newser) - A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year. David Pittman, 63, was pronounced dead at 6:12pm ET following an injection at...

Death Row Inmate Has Bizarre Take on Execution

Judge overrules Steven Bixby, who believes only treason is punishable by death

(Newser) - A South Carolina judge has ruled that Steven Bixby, a death row inmate convicted of killing two law enforcement officers in 2003, is mentally fit to be executed, despite his unconventional legal and religious beliefs. Judge R. Scott Sprouse's decision opens the way for Bixby, 58, to receive...

State May Be First to Mainly Use Firing Squads in Executions

Idaho is aiming for this method, using remote-control system

(Newser) - Idaho is preparing to make firing squads its main execution method, a first for any US state, as it works to build a new death chamber south of Boise, to be ready by next summer. Under a new state law, firing squad executions will take priority starting in July...

Utah: Prisoner With Dementia Won't Face Firing Squad

Lawyers argue Ralph Leroy Menzies can't understand why he's facing execution

(Newser) - The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state's Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. As the AP reports, Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to be executed Friday for abducting and...

Florida Carries Out Record 11th Execution of the Year

Curtis Windom killed 3 people in 1992

(Newser) - A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother, and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 was put to death Thursday in a record 11th execution this year by the state of Florida, the AP reports. Curtis Windom, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:17pm following a lethal...

Florida Executes Woman's Killer
Florida Executes Woman's Killer
Aug 19, 2025 6:20 PM CDT

Florida Executes Woman's Killer

Janet White's husband witnesses death of Kayle Bates

(Newser) - A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her received a lethal injection Tuesday evening in the state's 10th execution this year. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17pm following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke under...

On Alabama's Agenda: a Nitrogen Gas Execution

Gov. Kay Ivey has set an execution date of Oct. 23 for Anthony Boyd

(Newser) - Alabama has scheduled an October execution by nitrogen gas for an inmate who has an ongoing lawsuit challenging the new method as unconstitutionally cruel. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday set an Oct. 23 execution date for Anthony Boyd. Boyd, 53, is one of four men convicted in the 1993...

Lawyer Says Defibrillator Didn't Shock During Execution

Byron Black reported being in pain when receiving injection

(Newser) - A Tennessee convict who said he was "hurting so bad" during his lethal injection this week for the 1980s killings of his girlfriend and her two young daughters was not shocked by his implanted defibrillator, his attorney said Friday. Kelley Henry, the federal public defender for Byron Black, said...

In Iran, a Rare Execution of a Nuclear Scientist

Executed scientist accused of leaking nuclear secrets to Israel's Mossad

(Newser) - In a rare move, Iran has executed a top nuclear scientist accused of spying for Israel—exposing just how deeply foreign intelligence may have infiltrated one of the country's most sensitive programs, the New York Times reports. According to Iran's judiciary, Roozbeh Vadi worked at a sensitive...

'It's Hurting So Bad,' Says Inmate Amid Execution

Byron Black gets lethal injection in Tennessee after legal fight over defibrillator

(Newser) - Tennessee executed an inmate on Tuesday after being allowed to do so without disconnecting his heart defibrillator. Convicted murderer Byron Black, 69, died at 10:43am after receiving a lethal injection, reports the AP . A reporter who witnessed his death said Black groaned in pain and told a spiritual adviser...

Florida Executes Man Who Killed His Wife and Children

Edward Zakrzewski's death sets a Florida record

(Newser) - A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children was put to death Thursday, becoming the ninth person executed in Florida this year and setting a state record for a single-year total since the Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago. Officials said...

Inmate's Path to Execution Is Unusually Complicated
Inmate Loses a Battle in
Complicated Execution Fight
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Jul 31, 2025 2:27 PM CDT

Inmate Loses a Battle in Complicated Execution Fight

There's a legal dispute in Tennessee over Byron Black's defibrillator and his intellectual ability

(Newser) - As of now, a 68-year-old death row inmate is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, but the case of Byron Black is unusually complicated one and could take more twists and turns before then. The main issue involving Black, who murdered his girlfriend and her two young daughters in 1988,...

Man Lawmakers Fought to Save Is Scheduled to Die Oct. 16

Lawyers say they have 'powerful new evidence' of Texas inmate's Robbie Roberson's innocence

(Newser) - A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the US to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. State district...

Florida Executes Man Who Killed 2 in Mistaken Revenge

This year is already tied with 2024 for executions

(Newser) - A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday evening, the 26th person put to death in the US this year. Michael Bernard Bell, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:25pm after receiving a lethal...

Japan Executes 'Twitter Killer'
Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer'
Jun 27, 2025 3:26 AM CDT

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer'

Takahiro Shiraishi raped, dismembered suicidal women and girls he contacted online

(Newser) - A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of...

Mississippi Executes Kidnapper of Bank Executive's Wife

Richard Gerald Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing Edwina Marter

(Newser) - Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary...

Florida Executes Thomas Gudinas
Florida Executes
Thomas Gudinas
Jun 24, 2025 5:54 PM CDT

Florida Executes Thomas Gudinas

Man who raped, killed woman near bar in 1994 is 7th inmate the state has executed this year

(Newser) - A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:13pm after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, said Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis. Gudinas was...

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