NYTIMES (Rick Rojas) - Alabama Executes Inmate After Supreme Court Blocked Last Attempt
Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences.
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.
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.Open
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
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Three US inmates put to death in one day for the first time since 2010
Tennessee and Oklahoma carried out an execution within 30 minutes of each other, and Alabama executed an inmate six hours later.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Three states execute male inmates on the same day for first time in 16 years
The three death row inmates were executed by lethal injection in Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
NPR (The Associated Press) - 3 men set for lethal injection on same day in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma
Three men in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled for lethal injection Thursday in a rare convergence of executions on the same day in the U.S.
Three men in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled for lethal injection Thursday in a rare convergence of executions on the same day in the U.S.Open
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Failed execution in Tennessee raises questions about the death penalty
Dozens of medical professionals sign letter asking Gov. Bill Lee to halt executions until process is reformed.
NYTIMES (Rick Rojas and Abbie VanSickle) - Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas
The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method.
WASHINGTONPOST (Mark Berman) - Trump administration moves to add firing squad to federal execution methods
The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump DOJ Reinstates Firing Squads for Federal Executions.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the reinstatement of firing squads and the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration as methods for federal executions, reversing Biden-era policies.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the reinstatement of firing squads and the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration as methods for federal executions, reversing Biden-era policies. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ ) announced on Friday that it will reinstate firing squads as a method of federal execution, as part of a package of policies aimed at reversing Biden-era policies obstructing the execution of the country’s worst criminals. DETAIL: The department’s decision includes readopting the lethal injection protocol from the first Trump administration, using pentobarbital. It follows a January 2025 executive order by President Donald J. Trump to…Open