Tennessee set to execute only woman on state's death row. Here's what to know.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds next September.

• Oct 2

Texas man executed for fatally beating 13-month-old girl during "exorcism"

A Texas man was executed Thursday for killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter in a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an "exorcism" to expel a demon from the child's body.

• Sep 25

DOJ charges North Carolina stabbing suspect

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a federal criminal charge against the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.

• Sep 9
• 05:22

Firing squad execution of prisoner with dementia blocked by Utah court

The Utah Supreme Court blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued his dementia has significantly worsened.

• Sep 2

Trump wants death penalty for murders in D.C.

President Trump said Tuesday that the death penalty will be sought for murders that take place in Washington, D.C., as the administration's crime crackdown in the city continues. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.

• Aug 26
• 04:42

Trump says U.S. will seek the death penalty for murders committed in D.C.

"If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we're going to be seeking the death penalty," President Trump said.

• Aug 26

Inmate set to die by nitrogen gas asks for firing squad, hanging instead

An Alabama death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas later this year is challenging the controversial method in an ongoing lawsuit.

• Aug 19

Prosecutors seek death penalty in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent

Teresa Youngblut is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Maland during a traffic stop in northern Vermont.

• Aug 14

In a first, Tennessee executes man with implanted heart device

Byron Black's execution marked the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest, experts say.

• Aug 5

17 people executed in Saudi Arabia, mostly for drug crimes

It is the quickest pace of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day for terrorism-related offenses.

• Aug 4

Tennessee contests turning off inmate's heart device before execution

Byron Black, who has an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Aug. 5.

• Jul 25

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16

Prosecutors alleged that Roberson killed the child by violently shaking her — a diagnosis commonly referred to at the time as shaken baby syndrome.

• Jul 16

Florida puts man to death as U.S. executions surpass total for 2024

A man who fatally shot another man and a woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday.

• Jul 15

Utah man with dementia faces firing squad execution in September

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986.

• Jul 10

Japan hangs "Twitter killer" who murdered, dismembered 9 people

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

• Jun 27

Haley doesn't think Trump will be impeached

In an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she doesn't think President Trump will be impeached and removed from office. She also called impeachment "the death penalty" for a public official.

• Nov 8, 2019
• 01:29

2 executions take place in U.S., 2 others are planned this week

Death row inmates are expected to face executions this week in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

• Jun 10

Details on Jewish museum murder suspect

The Justice Department released more details about the suspect in the killings of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said that the murder case is "death penalty eligible." CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.

• May 23
• 03:22

Indiana man put to death for murder of police officer in 2000

An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection this week in the state's second execution in 15 years.

• May 20

Longtime death row inmate shouldn't be executed due to dementia, lawyers argue

Attorneys for Ralph Leroy Menzies, who's been on death row for 37 years, sought to convince a Utah state judge that the convicted murderer should be spared execution because he has dementia.

• May 8

Judge in Idaho murders case makes ruling on death penalty

Bryan Kohberger is charged in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves at a rental home on Nov. 13, 2022.

• Apr 25

Alabama inmate wants his execution to go forward: "I am guilty"

James Osgood was condemned to die for the 2010 killing of Tracy Lynn Brown. He is one of only a small number of inmates on U.S. death rows to abandon their legal challenges.

• Apr 23

Why states turning to uncommon execution methods

More states are struggling to obtain the more common lethal injection drugs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to restart federal death row executions. Robin Maher, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, joins to discuss.

• Apr 11
• 04:25

Oklahoma AG on why he fought to overturn Richard Glossip's death sentence

Since taking office, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has approved of every death row case in the state — except one​.

• Apr 9

Luigi Mangione may face death penalty

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, may now be facing the death penalty. On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi released a statement directing prosecutors to seek the punishment for Mangione.

• Apr 2
• 02:07

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