Rights groups, including Amnesty International, report that Iran executed at least 1,639 individuals in 2025, marking a 68% increase from the previous year, and urge Western nations to prioritize the abolition of the death penalty in negotiations with Tehran amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #IranExecutions
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Iran executed at least 1,639 in 2025, international NGOs say
Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, and the most of any country other than China, for which no reliable data is available.
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Iran hangs 3 people, including teen wrestler, in first executions over January protests
Iran executed three men on Thursday who were accused of killing police officers during protests in January, with activists warning of the risk of a new surge in hangings as war rages with Israel and the United States.
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Iran executes NATO ally's citizen
A Swedish citizen has been executed in Iran, according to a statement from its foreign minister.
Maria Malmer Stenergard said that she learned with "dismay" that the execution took place earlier on Wednesday but provided no further information on the identity of the citizen or what they had been accused of.
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Killer of stay-at-home mom whose death led to 911 reform is executed
Florida has executed a death row inmate for the rape and murder of a stay-at-home mom whose death exposed the vulnerabilities of the 911 system nationwide and led to reform within the industry.
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Arizona man who admitted to crucifying pastor asks for death penalty so 'we can move on with our lives'
An Arizona man accused of crucifying a pastor and placing a crown of thorns on the victim's head has requested the death penalty so everyone "can move on with our lives.
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Failure of a lifetime: Mom called 911 from kidnapper's car. It still didn't save her
Most death row inmates faced one execution method in modern history. Now, there are many alternative ways to die.
Denise Amber Lee was in the back of her abductor's car, fighting for her life.
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Texas man executed for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her son as survivor of attack looks on
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and witnessed the execution.
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Texas executes man for 'nightmarish' murder of girlfriend, her son
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Texas has executed a death row inmate who fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a fit of rage before he turned the knife on her 12-year-old son, who miraculously survived the attack.
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Alabama governor stops 'unjust' execution of inmate set to die this week
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of an inmate two days before his execution, saying it would be "unjust" to take his life when he wasn't even the triggerman in a robbery gone bad.
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Alabama man gets clemency on death row.
Alabama governor grants clemency to death row inmate who was accomplice to murder, sparing him from execution this week
The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.
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Alabama Is About to Execute a 75-Year-Old Man Who Didn't Even Kill Anyone. There's Still Time to Stop It.
Clemency, an executive power outside of the court system, is the only possible mechanism to correct the injustice of disproportionate death sentences like Burton's, as the law does not mandate a review of the proportionality of death sentences.
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Man facing death for murder he didn't commit issues plea: 'spare my life'
On March 12, Charles "Sonny" Burton will wake up for the last time in his Alabama jail. His last journey will be to an execution chamber where he will breath nitrogen gas through a mask until, deprived of oxygen, he will suffocate and die.
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Florida executes inmate for 'horrific murder' of police officer
Florida has executed an inmate 35 years after he shot a police officer more than a dozen times during a traffic stop.
Billy Leon Kearse was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday, March 3, for the 1991 murder of Danny Parrish, a 29-year-old Army sergeant and officer with Fort Pierce Police Department who dreamed of becoming a dad.
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Man convicted of 1991 fatal shooting of police officer is set to be executed in Florida
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STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida.
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Former Florida cop James Duckett set for execution in 1987 murder of 11-year-old girl
James Aren Duckett, a former police officer convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in 1987, will be executed by lethal injection later this month after Gov.
