MIAMI — John S. Koch, a radio reporter in North Florida, has been witnessing state executions since the serial killer Ted Bundy’s in 1989, not missing one in nearly 37 years. He has never been busier.

Saudi Arabia registered a record number of executions in 2025, setting a new bar for the second year in a row. At least 347 people have been executed in the kingdom so far this year, including ...

Iran conducted the highest number of executions in over a decade (1,922), the Iranian human rights group Human Rights Activists (HRA) announced in its annual statistical report for 2025. The report ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in ...

America has carried out nearly double the number of executions in 2025 compared to the previous year, fueled largely by Florida’s unprecedented pace of putting prisoners to death. A pair of executions ...

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid ...

Florida has executed 19 people in 2025, a new state record set under Gov. Ron DeSantis. The number of executions in Florida this year is nearly four times higher than any other state. DeSantis has ...

Florida carried out its 19th execution of the year on Thursday night, the highest number of state-sanctioned killings by a single state in the U.S. in more than 15 years. Florida executed 58-year-old ...

It comes as officer numbers dropped to 6,190 last summer. A new plan is expected to increase the target number of police officers in Northern Ireland to more than 7,500 (Liam McBurney/PA) A new plan ...

Men on death row are housed at Florida State Prison and Union Correctional Institution in Raiford southwest of Jacksonville. The women on death row are housed at the Lowell Annex south of Gainesville.

Barristers from across Ireland and Britain have said they are “deeply concerned” by the British government’s plans to curb the number of jury trials. The “Four Bars”, the bodies representing ...