Florida man who killed 2 in home invasion is state's 19th execution this year

A man convicted of killing a couple during a home‑invasion robbery, and later confessing to three additional murders, was the 19th person executed in Florida this year.

• Dec 18

Ohio man who spent decades on death row for murder has his case dismissed

The case has been dropped against a man who spent a quarter-century on death row for the robbery and murder of a New Jersey woman at an Ohio hotel nearly three decades ago.

• Dec 13

Florida carries out its 18th execution this year

The state of Florida carried out its 18th death sentence in 2025 on Tuesday evening.

• Dec 9

Death row inmate with dementia dies of natural causes

A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent natural causes.

• Nov 26

Democrats fear violence after Trump post

Lawmakers are reacting to President Trump's social media posts about "seditious behavior" following a video from several Democrats linked to the U.S. military. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

• Nov 21
• 03:28

Florida executes man who raped, killed former manager in 1988

Florida man Richard Barry Randolph, who was convicted of raping and killing his former manager, became the 17th person executed in the state this year.

• Nov 20

Florida serial killer set to die as state sets record pace for executions

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant this week for Frank Athen Walls, whose execution is now scheduled for Dec. 18.

• Nov 19

South Carolina man who wrote message in victim's blood is executed by firing squad

Stephen Bryant, 44, was executed for killing a man in his home and writing "catch me if u can" on the wall with the victim's blood.

• Nov 14

Factors fueling the rise in U.S. executions

Executions in the U.S. are rising, with 42 taking place in 2025 so far, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Executive director Robin Maher joins CBS News to discuss what could explain the increase.

• Nov 14
• 03:34

Death row inmate found unresponsive in cell after being granted clemency

Tremane Wood was hospitalized Thursday after being found unresponsive in his cell, just hours after being granted clemency on the day he was scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma.

• Nov 14

Death row inmate granted clemency right before his scheduled execution

Tremane Wood was scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on Thursday. Gov. Kevin Sitt commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment without parole.

• Nov 13

Oklahoma governor calls off man's execution

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted Tremane Wood's sentence before he was set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.

• Nov 13
• 02:05

What's driving the rise in U.S. death row executions in 2025?

This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on the increase.

• Nov 13

Killer who wrote message in victim's blood to die by firing squad after appeal rejected

South Carolina is set to execute the third man by firing squad since executions restarted in September 2024.

• Nov 11

Tennessee death row inmate declines to choose execution method

Harold Wayne Nichols declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution.

• Nov 11

Oklahoma board recommends clemency for inmate set to be executed

Members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board decided in a 3-2 vote on Wednesday to recommend that the governor grant clemency to death row inmate Tremane Wood.

• Nov 6

State executes man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor 27 years ago

Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, died Tuesday by lethal injection. Florida has executed more people than any other state in 2025.

• Oct 28

Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for 1993 murder over $200 drug debt

Alabama executed a man by nitrogen gas for helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a drug debt.

• Oct 23

Grandkids of last woman hanged in U.K. seek her pardon 70 years later

Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old nightclub hostess, was hanged in July 1955 for shooting dead racing driver David Blakely as he came out of a pub in London.

• Oct 22

Arizona executes man convicted of killing a Phoenix family of 4 in 1993

An Arizona man has been executed in the killing of four members of a family in Phoenix over 30 years ago.

• Oct 17

Execution set for man who taunted police with message written in victim's blood

Stephen Bryant will have until Oct. 31 to choose if he wants to die by lethal injection, firing squad or in the electric chair.

• Oct 17

Mississippi executes man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.

• Oct 15

Missouri man executed for killing state trooper 20 years ago

Missouri executed a death row inmate for fatally shooting a state trooper in 2005. The inmate, Lance Shockley, says he did not commit the crime.

• Oct 14

Florida executes man convicted of beating, strangling 2 women in 1996

According to court records, Smithers met Christy Cowan and Denise Roach on different dates in May 1996 at a Tampa motel.

• Oct 14

Indiana executes man who raped, killed 15-year-old girl

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.

• Oct 10

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