Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant Jan. 9. It paves the way for Ronald ...

STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced ...

Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series of five scheduled across the United States over a ...