5 executions in 8 days: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year

The total for 2025 already far exceeds the number of executions carried out last year — 25 — and could be the highest since 2012, when 43 inmates were put to death, though still far below the modern peak of 98 executions in 1999. The increase in executions is largely being driven by four states — F...

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