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Nov 30, 2023 · Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the 2001 double murder of Robert Jett and James Lynch, according to a statement from the ...
Feb 28, 2024 · Since that time, 29 executions have been carried out, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, including the state's last hanging in 1957. Executions became rare in the following decades.
May 16, 2023 · Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and North Africa’s most notorious executioners carried out killing sprees, Amnesty International said today as it released its annual review of the death penalty. A total of 883 people were known to have been executed across 20 countries, marking a rise ...
Oct 1, 2023 · 34.4% of those on U.S. death row (877 prisoners) were in states with moratoria on executions, a decrease of 16 from the previous quarter. That left 1,496 prisoners in 25 states, or 58.6% of death row, with death sentences LDF classified as active and enforceable.
Oct 22, 2021 · Alabama death row inmate Willie B. Smith III was executed Thursday night, the state attorney general’s office announced, after the US Supreme Court declined to hear an 11th-hour appeal.
Jul 20, 2023 · Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay, despite his claim that lethal injection could result in cruel and ...
