Volker Turk says the surge has been driven by drug-related executions in retentionist states, while secrecy around executions ...

My Office monitored an alarming increase in the use of the death penalty in 2025, especially for offences that do not meet ...

The idea of public execution feels like something from a distant, brutal past. Yet in 2026, there are still places where ...

Let’s talk about the ultimate government oopsie – the kind where there’s no undo button. I’ve been crunching these grim numbers for years, and the math doesn’t lie. Between 1973 and now, we’ve saved ...

Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...