Daily Beast Publishes Strange Article Criticizing DeSantis for Allowing Executions of Rapists and Murderers
The Daily Beast published a story criticizing Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida for approving the execution of five veterans found guilty of serious crimes, including rape and murder. On Tuesday, reports emerged that over 100 veterans had signed a letter appealing to DeSantis to halt the execution of one former service member. Interestingly, DeSantis […]
Iran increases executions in 2024, with at least 612 individuals executed, according to a UN report
Increase in State Executions in Iran According to a recent report by the United Nations, Iran has significantly escalated the number of state executions this year, nearly doubling the figures from the first half of 2024. The UN Human Rights Office confirmed that at least 612 executions have taken place in 2025. Notably, minority groups […]
Many arrests and reports of executions in Iran’s response following the ceasefire with Israel
Iran is facing significant internal turmoil as government officials intensify their security crackdown in the wake of a recent 12-day conflict that led to substantial damage to three key nuclear facilities. Reports indicate a wave of mass arrests and executions within the country. The Iranian government has initiated these crackdowns following an airstrike by Israel […]
Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name in Wednesday's bill, making Idaho the only state in the United States with a shooting squad designated as a priority method of execution for the death penalty that begins next year. The governor's actions take place less than a week after South Carolina's 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was executed […]
Leonard Peltier Released After Biden Commutation of Life Sentence for FBI Executions
Leonard Peltier, the far left American Indian activist convicted of the executions of two FBI agents, was released from Florida prison on Tuesday thanks to Joe Biden's commute. On his final day of his inauguration, Biden not only sentenced the monster to shoot two unprotected FBI agents in the head in June 1975, but also […]
South Carolina scheduling executions again after a pause for the holidays
South Carolina is starting to schedule executions again after the holiday period, with the state Supreme Court setting the next execution date for January 31st. The state is considering carrying out the death penalty for several inmates whose executions were delayed because prison officials were unable to obtain lethal injection drugs, although they have not […]
TN announces new execution method that could allow state to resume executions after last one halted in 2022
Tennessee officials on Friday announced a new way the state could resume executions after the previous one, scheduled for spring 2022, was abruptly halted, but executions won't resume immediately. This comes two and a half years after the state abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith and admitted that corrections officials had not followed […]
Quirky NYC walking tour covers history of death, executions and body-snatching in the Big Apple
This brutal walking tour may send chills down your spine. Instead, New York locals and visitors alike can get a glimpse into the city's macabre history of death, disease, burial, and more through walking tours of quaint Lower Manhattan, Chinatown funeral homes, and more. K. Crombie, a tour guide and journalist with Purefinder who founded […]
Ex-defence secretary Wallace ‘was advised against inquiry into SAS executions allegations’ | Ministry of Defence
Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was advised by his permanent secretary that a public inquiry into alleged executions by the SAS in Afghanistan would be “costly, counterproductive and extremely damaging to the reputation of the British military”. Sir Stephen Lovegrove tried to persuade Mr Wallace in August 2020 not to commission a formal hearing, fearing […]
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection, ending state’s 13-year pause on executions
Executions in South Carolina resumed after a 13-year hiatus, with a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery in 1997 being put to death on Friday. Freddie Owens, 46, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. at the Broad River Correctional Institution (BRCI) in Columbia, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected […]