Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be executed by firing squad on December 3. Pete Hegseth stated that his execution would be a public event. A Defense Department spokesperson later confirmed that it would be broadcast live, according to The Guardian. In an interview with Real…
On September 30, Tennessee authorities failed to execute Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, despite administering two doses of the lethal drug. A death penalty expert called the incident an unprecedented failure, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee postponed the scheduled execution until the end of the year.
Christa Pike, convicted of murder 30 years ago, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, September 30, after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied her clemency on Monday, September 28. If executed, Pike would be the first woman in 200 years…
Francis Clifford Smith served over 70 years for a murder he claimed he didn't commit. Smith, who died in June, was served his "last supper" eight times, but each time the execution was called off. He ultimately lived to the age of 101 and...
Trump accuses Democratic congressmen of "a state crime punishable by death" for calling on the military to disregard illegal orders. Trump wrote on social media that the Democrats should be arrested and prosecuted for such calls, NBC News reported. On November 20, President Donald…
Most of the 40 federal death row inmates have had their sentences commuted by President Biden. They will now serve life without parole. Donald Trump will not be able to reverse the decision when he takes office in…
A Chinese couple was executed for killing the man's two children from a previous marriage. Lovers threw young children out of an apartment window to start a new family together, reports NewYorkPost. Zhang Bo and his girlfriend Ye Chengchen lost their lives on January 31 as a result of an injection after...
Alabama will become the first state to execute prisoners using nitrogen gas, FoxNews reports. Alabama joins Oklahoma and Mississippi in allowing nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution, although no state has yet attempted it. By…
An American couple faces the death penalty in Uganda on charges of child trafficking and torturing one of their three adopted children. The New York Post writes about it. Nicholas Spencer and his wife Mackenzie Lee Matthias Spencer, both 32 years old, are in custody ...
A man on death row in Texas asked for a stay of execution so he could donate a kidney before he died. The Independent writes about it. The idea came to 39-year-old prisoner Ramiro Gonzalez in a correspondence with Michael Zusman, a well-known opponent of the death penalty and a former prison…