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
Michael Conroy / AP, File Trump Admin Carries Out Execution of Rapist, Murderer After 11th-Hour Ruling Keith Nelson has been put to death for the 1999 rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Kansas. By The Associated Press August 27, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Obama-Appointed Judge Sets Up Last-Second Roadblock to Execution of Rapist, Killer A federal judge halted the execution of Keith Dwayne Nelson, who raped and murdered a 10-year-old girl in 1999. By The Associated Press August 27, 2020
Courtesy of Auska Mitchell via AP Trump Admin Set to Execute Killer 20 Years After Horrific Slayings Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed for the 2001 murders of a 9-year-old girl and her grandmother. By The Associated Press August 25, 2020
FBI via AP, File Trump Admin Enters the Ring in Fight for Boston Bomber Death Sentence The Justice Department will appeal a ruling that overturned the death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. By The Associated Press August 20, 2020
Michael Conroy / AP, File Trump Admin Sets Execution Date for Two Murderers The Justice Department scheduled the executions of Christopher Andre Vialva and William Emmett LeCroy. By The Associated Press July 31, 2020
Michael Conroy / AP, File Fed Prisoner Executed After Supreme Court Ends Legal Wrangling A federal prisoner was put to death for the first time since 2003 following a series of legal setbacks. By The Associated Press July 13, 2020