State kills Dominick Occhicone, 80, and James Duckett, 68, as Ron DeSantis pushes executions before term ends Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions ...

Both men had been convicted of murder in the 1980s. One had maintained his innocence, while the other became the second octogenarian to be put to death in the U.S. in the last 50 years. By Nicholas ...

James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone were both put to death Tuesday for separate murder cases from the 1980s. James Duckett, left, and Dominick Occhicone, right, are both scheduled to be executed ...

Florida is scheduled to execute two men, Dominick Occhicone and James Duckett, on the same day. This will mark the first time in 62 years that Florida has executed more than one person on the same day ...

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Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. The Alabama Attorney General's office asked the Alabama Supreme ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters gather outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama.

The Supreme Court denied Alabama’s request to execute a man using nitrogen gas late Thursday after two lower court rulings blocked the method and found it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and ...

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — was called off after federal courts called the state’s nitrogen gas execution ...

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals. By Devlin Barrett and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Devlin Barrett ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women after he pleaded Tuesday for their freedom — calling it “very good news” in a social media post. “I have ...

Iran is set to execute its first female protester tied to the January 2026 uprising in Tehran, according to multiple human rights organizations. Bita Hemmati was named in a collective death sentencing ...