The unusually high number of executions defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty ...
A Texas man with a history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal his death sentence is facing execution for killing his 3-month-old son.
The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson each denied requests from an inmate seeking to cancel his scheduled execution for a 1998 murder.