The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

The number of recorded death-penalty executions last year was 2,707, a 78% increase compared to the previous year, according ...

Iran carried out at least 2,159 of the approximately 2,707 executions recorded worldwide last year, according to Amnesty ...

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of US executions in 2025, according to Amnesty International’s new annual report on the ...

Amnesty International has reported a major increase in executions globally, with last year having the highest number recorded ...

Tennessee officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three ...

In 2025, at least 2,707 people were executed globally, and of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, Amnesty International said on ...

The number of worldwide executions jumped to their highest level since 1981 in 2025, pushed in part by a "staggering" ...