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2024
United States
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas using controversial method for the first time
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Russia
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Texas executes man who admitted murders but said trial was tainted by racial bias
9 Feb 2023
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Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
11 Jan 2023
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Execution
First transgender inmate executed in the US
4 Jan 2023
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Protests
International outcry of 'inhumanity' as Iran carries out execution over Amini protests
9 Dec 2022
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Iran
Iran carries out first known execution over Mahsa Amini protests
8 Dec 2022
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Myanmar
Myanmar military junta executes four political prisoners
Updated 25 Jul 2022
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America
Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite pleas for clemency
6 Oct 2021
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lisa montgomery
US carries out first federal execution of woman since 1953
13 Jan 2021
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67
Death Penalty
US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
Updated 13 Jul 2020
70.7k
81
Nicholas Sutton
Quadruple murderer put to death in Tennessee despite lawyers request for stay of execution
21 Feb 2020
25.8k
40
Fukuoka
Japan executes Chinese man convicted of 2003 murder - the first foreigner executed in 10 years
26 Dec 2019
23.8k
36
rodney reed
US inmate due to be executed next week granted stay amid claims new evidence could exonerate him
16 Nov 2019
23.5k
32
Charles Rhines
Man who claimed his murder trial was tainted by homophobia executed in South Dakota
5 Nov 2019
26.9k
34
mark soliz
Man (37) who was convicted of two murders executed in Texas jail
11 Sep 2019
15.6k
20
Gary Ray Bowles
Florida executes serial killer who targeted gay men along US east coast
23 Aug 2019
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37
I-95 KILLER
Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast
22 Aug 2019
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Lethal Injection
Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
12 Apr 2019
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26
tennessee
Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
6 Dec 2018
32.0k
46
Lethal Injection
'I just want to say I'm really sorry' - Tennessee executes man who raped and killed a child
10 Aug 2018
45.6k
70
Aum Shinrikyo
Leader of Japanese doomsday cult executed
6 Jul 2018
25.3k
27
danny bible
'It hurts' - Texas executes 'ice pick killer', denies him last-minute appeal to face firing squad
28 Jun 2018
43.3k
81
Death Penalty
Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
12 Apr 2018
21.4k
65
Death Penalty
Florida killer yells 'murderers!' as he is put to death
23 Feb 2018
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119
other victims
Texas serial killer gets stay from execution after last-minute revelations
19 Oct 2017
48.5k
39
Florida
Man put to death using new lethal injection for racist murder
25 Aug 2017
28.0k
52
credible source
Man executed in Texas despite last-ditch claims lawyer defended him using Wikipedia for research
28 Jul 2017
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20
Death Penalty
Last-minute appeals for mentally ill prisoner due to be executed tomorrow in the US
5 Jul 2017
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73
Capital Punishment
US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle
26 May 2017
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Executions
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29 Apr 2017
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cruel and unusual
US judge blocks plan to execute nine people in 10 days
15 Apr 2017
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Death Penalty
Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
9 Jan 2017
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getting rid of the gallows
30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executed
31 Dec 2016
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47
defected
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20 Dec 2016
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10
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia has executed one of its princes for murder
18 Oct 2016
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Barney Fuller
"I don't have anything to say, you can proceed, warden" - Texas executes man who killed his neighbours
6 Oct 2016
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Terrorism
Islamic State releases video of children carrying out prisoner executions
27 Aug 2016
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stay
Texas halts execution of man who never killed anyone
20 Aug 2016
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