South Carolina’s first execution after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976 was Joseph Carl Shaw, a former altar boy from Kentucky who enlisted in the Army and was stationed at ...

Thirteen prisoners on death row have been executed so far this year, with more executions expected to come. The capital punishments took place at facilities in Alabama, Missouri, Georgia, Oklahoma, ...

Florida leads the U.S. in executions in 2025, with 11 out of the nation's 30. The most recent execution was Curtis Windom, convicted of a triple murder in 1992. Windom's family, along with the victims ...