How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions
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The staggering rise recorded in the report Death Sentences and Executions 2025, was down to a handful of governments determined…
South Carolina-based journalist Jeffrey Collins observed back-to-back executions in 2025 after the state revived the death…
Forty-seven men killed by states operating death penalty – almost double last year’s number
Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% have…
The human rights group Amnesty International confirmed that at least 2,707 people were put to death in 2025 but said the actual…
Global figures Global executions Violating international law Global death sentences Abolishing the death penalty Regional…
