Upcoming Executions | Death Penalty Information Center Last updated on May 28, 2026 to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours * Although Ohio has issued execution warrants for numerous dates through 2029, Governor Mike DeWine has indicated that no executions will be performed unless the legislature adopts a new method of execution
Capital punishment - Wikipedia The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is an execution A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is condemned and is commonly referred to as being "on death row "
Florida man executed for the killing of a woman and her child | AP News Richard Knight, 47, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p m following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke Knight was convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2002 killings of Odessia Stephens and the couple’s daughter, Hanessia Mullings