John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes. For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida despite historically low support for the form of punishment, the Death ...

Protesters outside the Broad River Road Correctional Institution, which holds South Carolina’s death chamber, hold up signs protesting the execution of Mikal Mahdi on Friday. Ted Clifford Ted Clifford ...

FILE – The gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where inmates are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs, is shown May 27, 2008. Texas continued a long-term downward trend in capital punishment in ...

MIAMI — John S. Koch, a radio reporter in North Florida, has been witnessing state executions since the serial killer Ted Bundy’s in 1989, not missing one in nearly 37 years. He has never been busier.

The state is set to end the year with 19 executions, the most in a single year in the modern era of capital punishment. The entryway to Florida State Prison is seen in August. The prison houses the ...

US executions have nearly doubled in 2025 compared to 2024, with Florida executing more prisoners in 12 months than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI). This increase ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during a home‑invasion robbery, and later confessing to three other killings, was executed Thursday evening. It was Florida's 19th execution so far ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved a record 19 executions in 2025 — and has carried out 17 so far — the highest ever in a single year in both the state and the U.S. since the 1970s. The state also ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Frank Walls on Nov. 18, and his execution by lethal injection is set to take place Thursday, Dec. 18. He will be the 19th Florida inmate to be put to death ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. The execution of a Georgia man scheduled for Wednesday has ...

It would be Florida’s 19th death sentence carried out in 2025, further extending a state record for total executions in a single year. The state of Florida on Thursday executed the 19th person of 2025 ...