HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Florida Death Row Inmate Seeks Stay Of Execution For DNA Search
Attorneys for Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, are asking the Supreme Court to stay the execution of their client, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - America is seeing an uptick in executions
Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Florida executed its 14th prisoner for the year on Tuesday, adding to a post-COVID surge in capital punishment that drove more executions last year than any since 2009. The big picture: Even as fewer courts sentence defendants to death and more than half of the states have banned or at least temporarily halted the practice, the Trump administration has overtly cheered on the death penalty. - "The increased number of executions last year reflected the enthusiasm and the urging of this administration to increase use of the death penalty, and the acquiescence of some state officials to that political pressure," Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director…
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Florida prepares to execute 13th prisoner of 2026 as state leads nation in death sentences carried out
William Frances Silvia, convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife at a family cookout in 2006, faces lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, the state's 13th execution this year and part of a pace that accounts for more than half of all U.S. executions in 2026. Silvia, 61, is scheduled to die at […] The post Florida prepares to execute 13th prisoner of 2026 as state leads nation in death sentences carried out appeared first on American Almanac .
William Frances Silvia, convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife at a family cookout in 2006, faces lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, the state's 13th execution this year and part of a pace that accounts for more than half of all U.S. executions in 2026. Silvia, 61, is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. local time at the prison near Starke, Florida. He was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder for an attack that killed Patricia Silvia and wounded her mother, Betty Woodard. Court records show Silvia purchased a shotgun, drove to Woodard's Orlando-area home where his wife had been living since their separation two months earlier, and opened fire on both women after a failed attempt to…Open
ABCNEWS - Florida set to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber
A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Death Row insider shares his theory on Tupac's killing
Tonight on "Jesse Weber Live": A big change is coming to the White House. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is on her way out. We'll tell you why and what's next. Plus, could Luigi Mangione cut a plea deal? A surprise federal court hearing is set for Friday. So, what could happen next? And what would a deal mean for the state case against him? And Keffe D, the man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder, has pointed the finger at someone else. That man joins Weber tonight. Where was he the night Tupac was shot? How does he respond to the accusations against him? And who does he believe pulled the trigger? This episode originally aired August 12, 2026. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the…
NEWSNATIONNOW (Diana Falzone) - 6 women on death row as regime continues to execute protesters
According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, 109 prisoners in Iran were executed in June.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - GOP senators confront former Biden pardon attorney over clemency push for Dylann Roof, federal death row inmates
Republican senators turned a confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche into a sustained confrontation with the former Biden administration pardon attorney who recommended clemency for all 40 federal death row inmates, including the man who walked into a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015 and shot nine Black parishioners to death during Bible […] The post GOP senators confront former Biden pardon attorney over clemency push for Dylann Roof, federal death row inmates appeared first on American Almanac .
Republican senators turned a confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche into a sustained confrontation with the former Biden administration pardon attorney who recommended clemency for all 40 federal death row inmates, including the man who walked into a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015 and shot nine Black parishioners to death during Bible study. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri led the charge Thursday on Capitol Hill, pressing Elizabeth Oyer over a 73-page memorandum she authored in November 2024 that urged President Joe Biden to spare every inmate on the federal death row. Democrats had called Oyer as their chief witness against Blanche's nomination. By the time Republicans finished questioning her, the witness…Open
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Cruel or unwell? A forensic psychologist on Taylor Parker | CUOMO Crime Time: Weekend Edition
On this episode of "Cuomo Crimetime", host Chris Cuomo revisits a case he calls the most disturbing he's ever covered. In October 2020, Taylor Parker killed 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock in her New Boston, Texas home and removed Hancock’s unborn daughter, in an attempt to pass the baby off as her own. Both Reagon-Simmons and her unborn child died. A jury later convicted Parker of capital murder and sentenced her to death, of which she still awaits on Texas death row. Chris speaks first with Reagan's mother, Jessica, and sister, Emily about the person they thought was Reagon’s friend, the morning Jessica found her daughter, and their push for legislation that would make faking a pregnancy a crime. Chris then speaks with Jessica…
THEFEDERALIST (M.D. Kittle) - Dems’ Star Witness For AG Hearing Pushed Pardons For ‘Rapists, Child Molesters, And Murderers’
Liz Oyer, DOJ's former 'nonpolitical' pardon attorney, recommended clemency for all 40 federal death row inmates. Biden obliged on 37.
ABCNEWS - Army lays groundwork for death row executions if Trump gives approval
The Army is preparing to carry out the executions of the military's four death-row inmates if ordered to do so by the president, according to an internal document