chippix / Shutterstock Justice Department Quietly Updates 1 Rule, Clears the Way for Execution by Firing Squad The DOJ has cleared the way for federal executions by firing squad, citing the potential for botched executions through lethal injections. By Samantha Chang November 30, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Justice Department Reschedules Execution of Only Woman on Federal Death Row The Justice Department rescheduled the execution of a woman convicted of strangling a pregnant woman and cutting the baby out of her womb. By The Associated Press November 23, 2020
Instants / Getty Images Trump Admin To Execute Man Who Tortured, Beat His Own 2-Year-Old Daughter to Death The Justice Department scheduled three federal executions to bring the Trump administration's total up to 11. By The Associated Press November 20, 2020
Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP Judge Blocks Execution of Woman Who Strangled Pregnant Victim, Cut Baby from Womb A judge halted the federal execution of a woman who strangled a pregnant woman and cut the baby from her womb. By The Associated Press November 19, 2020
Michael Conroy / AP, File Trump Admin Set To Execute Federal Inmate for Sickening Crimes Against Teenage Girl The Trump administration is set to execute a federal prisoner who abducted and buried alive a 16-year-old girl in 1994. By The Associated Press November 19, 2020
AP Trump Admin To Execute Woman Who Strangled Pregnant Victim, Cut Baby from Womb The Justice Department scheduled the exeuction of a woman who killed her pregnant victim and cut the baby from her womb. By The Associated Press October 16, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Trump Admin Schedules Execution for Man Who Brutalized, Buried Teenage Girl Alive The Justice Department scheduled the execution of a man who helped kidnap and kill a 16-year-old girl in 1994. By The Associated Press September 30, 2020
Patrick Semansky / Pool / AFP via Getty Images Trump Admin Comes Down on Iran Over Execution at Center of International Outcry Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced sanctions on Iranian judges over the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari. By The Associated Press September 24, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Trump Admin Set To Execute Man Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him to Murder The Trump administration is set to execute a man for killing a woman in an effort to reverse a spell he believed she put on him. By The Associated Press September 21, 2020
Iranian Labor News Agency via AP, File Iran Ignores Trump Appeal, Executes Wrestler Who Protested Islamic Government Iran executed Navid Afkari despite an appeal from President Trump to spare his life. By The Associated Press September 12, 2020