Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

Death row executions nearly doubled this year compared to last in a rise driven largely by one state — FloridaOn Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more than ...

Florida executed 19 death row inmates in 2025. That caused unusual national uptick

Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.

Houston's most interesting court cases of 2025: Back-to-back death penalty trials, drunken Montrose wreck and more

Defense attorneys, Inger Chandler, left, and Ana Paula Funes-Baker, right, comfort Tony Earls after his sentencing of 20 ...

Prosecutor Floating Death Penalty for Nick Reiner Knows It’s an Empty Threat

Prosecutor Nathan Hochman is playing politics by floating the death penalty for the murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer ...