TIL Tag: death penalty
25 headlines found.
- A 12-member jury has voted not to give the death penalty to the gunman responsible for the Parkland shooting.
October 13, 2022 - Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith executed with nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of capital punishment
January 26, 2024 - He's the world's longest-serving death row inmate. A court just declared him innocent
September 26, 2024 - South Carolina man to be executed in US by firing squad
March 7, 2025 - Man admits murders of four Idaho students in deal to avoid death penalty
July 2, 2025 - As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country
September 25, 2025 - Prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-South Korean president Yoon
January 13, 2026 - Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty if convicted, judge rules
January 30, 2026 - ‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief
March 31, 2026 - Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions
April 25, 2026 - China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
May 7, 2026 - Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to 7 October
May 12, 2026 - Man executed for fatally poisoning billionaire who helped bring ‘3 Body Problem’ to Netflix
May 28, 2026 - Spared execution eight times, oldest inmate in US dies at 101
August 19, 2026 - Accused Charlie Kirk killer must stand trial and is eligible for death penalty, judge rules
September 2, 2026 - Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
October 1, 2026 - Tennessee governor suspends executions after ‘deeply disturbing’ failed lethal injection
October 1, 2026 - Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor says
October 3, 2026 - Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad - a first for US military since World War Two
October 6, 2026 - Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
October 7, 2026 - Pentagon says there will be a livestream of firing squad’s execution of the Fort Hood shooter
October 9, 2026 - UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture
October 9, 2026 - Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers say
October 10, 2026 - Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel 'barbaric' execution livestream
October 15, 2026 - Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
October 15, 2026