Executions nationally at 15-year high as Ohio’s death penalty remains in limbo

While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide so far this year ...

Death row executions are up to 44 this year — the highest in over a decade

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.
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Coalition forms to end capital punishment state by state

A coalition of anti-death penalty groups has united to end capital punishment state by state and just as U.S. executions are ...
National Catholic Reporter

New coalition aims to end capital punishment as executions increase but public support wanes

Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences ...

8 executions in October: Why the death penalty is being used more in the U.S. this year

The U.S. has seen 35 executions this year, already surpassing the number of executions carried out last year and could be the ...
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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 ...
WLRN

PolitiFact FL: How Florida compares with the US on the death penalty

Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state ...
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Faith groups join other death penalty opponents in new campaign

The new initiative points to an increase in the use of the death penalty over the past year as public support for it has ...