Trump rejects Pete Hegseth's livestream execution plan
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A group of 72 retired military leaders are calling on the president to cancel plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan.
As the Pentagon plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, the U.S. joins a shrinking group of countries that still condone public execution.
The 1936 Kentucky hanging of a Black man in his 20s convicted of raping a 70-year-old White woman is widely considered to be one of the last high-profile public executions in the United States.
Emergency medical help for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was delayed by confusion, according to 911 recordings.
Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty after the Pentagon announced plans to livestream an execution.
James Robertson was the state’s 17th execution this year, amid scrutiny over failed lethal injection of Christa Pike
Trump on Saturday promoted a pastor's support for livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution as Pope Leo XIV objected.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across the Pentagon and the Army off guard, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.