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  1. EXECUTION Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    6 days ago · The meaning of EXECUTION is the act or process of executing : performance. How to use execution in a sentence.

  2. 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 …

  3. Tennessee sets Christa Pike's execution 30 years after rival ...

    Oct 1, 2025 · If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman executed in modern U.S. history.

  4. Florida death row inmate Richard Knight's final words before ...

    May 22, 2026 · A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple’s 4-year-old daughter was put to death Thursday evening, the seventh person executed by the state this …

  5. Latest death row executions: Final words, crimes explained - MSN

    May 15, 2026 · Later on Thursday, Edward Busby was executed in Texas, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay over his disabilities claims. Busby’s execution was the 600th in Texas since it …

  6. 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 …

  7. Florida man executed for the killing of a woman and her child ...

    May 21, 2026 · 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 …