On October 7, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in a media interview that Nidal Hasan’s execution would be ...

On October 20, 2026, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey granted clemency to death row prisoner Toforest Johnson (pictured, center), commuting his sentence to life without parole. Mr. Johnson has maintained his ...

Some states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug. The three-drug protocol typically begins with an anesthetic or sedative, followed by a second ...

On March 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Florida denied the state’s motion to lift the stay, explaining that the “circuit court continues to have concurrent jurisdiction to rule on motions related to ...

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Use of the death penalty against Native Americans raises issues of racial discrimination, tribal sovereignty, and the limits of state and federal jurisdiction. Execution of Native Americans is linked ...

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The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roper v. Simmons (2005) relied on scientific evidence of incomplete brain development and the growing reluctance of state and international lawmakers to permit ...

The U.S. Army has set an execution date of December 3 for Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in a mass shooting on the Fort Hood military base in 2009. The announcement comes after ...

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether capital crimes by teenagers under 18 should get the death sentence; the case for leniency is based in part on brain studies. When he was 17 ...