Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 17, 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday. Gov. Kay Ivey, in announcing ...

For the first time in more than 200 years, Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman on death row. Christa Gail Pike’s case is on everyone’s lips as they debate the legal and ethical concerns. Pike, ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death Tuesday in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 ...

The state of Texas carried out the execution of Cedric Allen Ricks on the evening of Wednesday, March 11, putting him to death by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit penitentiary. He was ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of an inmate two days before his execution, saying it would be "unjust" to take his life when he wasn't the triggerman in a robbery gone bad. The ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...