Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

Charles Ray Crawford, 59, has been on death row for over 30 years. He is set to be executed Oct. 15 in Mississippi. Here's ...

The U.S. has seen 34 executions so far in 2025, with eight more scheduled for later this year, including seven this month ...

The Indiana Parole Board had cited the "brutal nature" of Ward's crimes against 15-year-old Stacy Payne. Ward's attorney, Indiana Deputy Public Defender Joanna Green, said she's "very disppointed" in ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The governor has ordered that Antonio Franklin and ...

Geoffrey Todd West was executed on Thursday for the 1997 murder of Margaret Parrish Berry, 33, during a petrol station robbery ...