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William Reaves, Vietnam Veteran Whose Jury Did Not Learn Critical Mitigation Evidence about His Service-Related Injury, is Set for Execution in Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scheduled the execution of William Reaves, a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran, for October 20. Mr. Reaves was sentenced to death for the 1986 shooting death of Sheriff’s ...
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The Racialized American History Behind Public Executions

Photograph documenting the 1910 public mob execution of Allen Brooks, a Black man, in Dallas, Texas. Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. On October 7, 2026, U.S.
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Tennessee Court Orders Officials to Preserve Evidence from Failed Execution of Christa Pike, As She Regains Consciousness

On October 7, a Tennessee judge issued a broadly worded order requiring the state to preserve all evidence from the failed September 30 execution attempt of Christa Pike. Her attorneys reported on ...
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Nidal Hasan May Be Executed on December 3 by Firing Squad; First Military Execution in 65 Years

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 ...
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Public Reaction to Tennessee’s Failed Execution of Christa Pike

The attempted execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee has drawn national and international attention after Tennessee Department of Correction officials administered two doses of lethal-injection drugs ...