John Moore / Getty Images Court Upholds Death Penalty for Vile Racist Who Butchered Black People in Historic Charleston Church Dylann Roof tried to escape the death penalty for his vile crime. A court has rejected his efforts. But he still might not be executed. By Jack Davis August 25, 2021
Texas Department of Criminal Justice / AP Texas Inmate Executed for Killing Pregnant Wife, Beating Father-in-Law to Death with Baseball Bat A Texas inmate was executed for an attack that killed his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law. By The Associated Press June 30, 2021
AP Arizona Prepares to Make Gas Chamber 'Operable' Again, Drawing Criticism from Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Due to a shortage of lethal injection drugs, the state is looking toward execution methods that anti-death penalty have derided as 'cruel.' By The Associated Press June 10, 2021
Chantal Valery - AFP / Getty Images Texas Executes Inmate Who Beat His Elderly Great-Aunt to Death with a Bat Texas executed a man convicted of beating his 83-year-old great-aunt to death with a bat in 1999. By The Associated Press May 19, 2021
Tasos Katopodis / Getty ImagesCommentary Young Not Stupid: There's Now a Bipartisan Bill to Stop the Border Crisis But Biden Will Never Sign It 'We know that this crisis at the border is not a Democratic or Republican problem,' Sinema said Thursday about her new bill. By Cameron Arcand April 26, 2021
Brendan Smialowski - AFP / Getty Images Report: North Korea Executes Top Education Official for 'Anti-Party Activities' 'Everyone knows that the nation is experiencing difficulties, but policies can’t be executed properly because of people like [Park].' By Jack Davis April 10, 2021
South Carolina Department of Corrections / AP South Carolina Death Penalty Debate Part 2: Is Capital Punishment 'Pro-Life' or 'Anti-Life'? South Carolina legislators' efforts to resume state executions have reignited debates surrounding the death penalty. By Samantha Kamman March 8, 2021
W. Scott McGill / Shutterstock State Calls Off Execution After Supreme Court Says Inmate's Pastor Must Be Allowed in Room Alabama canceled an execution after the Supreme Court required the state to allow an inmate's pastor to be present in the execution room. By The Associated Press February 12, 2021
Scott Olson / Getty Images Man Who Helped Kidnap, Kill 3 Women Last to Be Executed Under President Trump Dustin Higgs was put to death by the Trump administration for his role in the 1996 kidnapping and murder of three women. By The Associated Press January 15, 2021
Scott Olson / Getty Images Trump Admin Overcomes Last-Second Hurdle to Execute Drug Dealer Convicted in Brutal Gang Killings The Trump administration executed a drug dealer convicted of seven gang-related killings. By The Associated Press January 13, 2021