A 53-year-old Florida man is scheduled for execution this week for the 1996 murder of his girlfriend’s infant daughter, marking the state’s eighth capital punishment case of 2026. State officials confirmed the execution order for the death row inmate, who has exhausted his final appeals after three decades of litigation following the child’s death in…
The Impending Execution A Florida man convicted of the brutal 2011 stabbing deaths of his cousin’s girlfriend and her four-year-old daughter is scheduled to be executed by the state on Thursday. This action marks the seventh execution carried out in Florida during 2026, continuing a trend of increased capital punishment activity within the state’s justice…
Arizona officials executed inmate Murray Hooper at the state prison in Florence on Wednesday, marking the third execution in the state since it resumed the practice in May following an eight-year hiatus. Hooper, 76, was put to death by lethal injection for his role in a 1997 double murder case where he and two accomplices…
Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales despite intellectual disability claims and legal battles, sparking debate on capital punishment’s ethics.
The United States Supreme Court declined to intervene on Tuesday, allowing the state of Texas to proceed with the scheduled execution of a death row inmate for the 1990s murder of a retired college professor. The decision clears the path for what will mark the 600th execution in Texas since the state resumed capital punishment…
The State of Oklahoma executed Michael DeWayne Smith on Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, marking the state’s first execution of the 2024 calendar year. Smith, 41, was put to death by lethal injection for the 2004 murders of 24-year-old Janet Moore and her 7-month-old daughter, Sarunya Moore, in Oklahoma City. Background of…
The Legal Precedent and Current Status The United States Supreme Court declined to intervene on Tuesday, clearing the path for the state of Texas to carry out its 600th execution since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1982. The scheduled execution involves a Texas man convicted of murdering a retired college professor, a case…
