Executes

The Trump administration executed 52-year-old Corey Johnson on Thursday night, despite a Supreme Court ruling that executing people with intellectual disabilities like his violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual …

The 52-year-old had strangled a pregnant woman before cutting out and kidnapping her baby in Missouri in 2004 Terre Haute: A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant …

The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by …

Iran executed a dissident on Saturday after convicting him of encouraging a wave of antigovernment protests in 2017 through an opposition Telegram channel he ran from exile in France, Iranian …

By: Deutsche Welle | December 12, 2020 6:13:26 pm Ruhollah Zam. Human rights groups have expressed outrage at his death. (A Shirband/AP) Iranian authorities on Saturday morning executed once-exiled dissident …

47-year-old Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of “corruption on Earth,” was hanged early Saturday. Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic …

The Trump administration executed an unprecedented five more federal executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, starting with a Texas street-gang member who was put to death on Thursday for his …