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USA » April/June 2025 - Scheduled executions
April - June 2025
April
8 - Michael Tanzi - Florida *
Lawyers argue that lethal injection of morbidly obese Florida inmate could result in botched execution
© CBS News » pub. March 28
11 - Mikal Mahdi - South Carolina *
South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi chooses to die by firing squad execution
© CNN » pub. March 28
23 - Moises Mendoza - Texas *
24 - James Osgood - Alabama *
May
1 - Jeffrey Hutchinson - Florida *
20 - Matthew Johnson - Texas *
22 - Oscar Franklin Smith - Tennessee *
28 - Darrell Draughn - Louisiana *
June
4 - Marcus Reed - Louisiana *
12 - John Hanson - Oklahoma *
18 - Percy Hutton - Ohio
as of April 1
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January - March 2025
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Pakistan: Don't send them to die
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Pakistan: Don't send them to die
In just days, 60 brave human rights defenders in Pakistan could be deported to Afghanistan, where they face prison, torture,
or even death.
They have raised their voices for women’s rights, democracy, and freedom, and the Taliban want to silence them forever.
© Avaaz
Friday, March 21, 2025
Trees are poems by Khalil Gibran
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
that we may record our emptiness.
- Khalil Gibran -
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931
Lebanese writer
Today is Poetry & Tree Day !!!!
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USA » Jan/March 2025 - Scheduled executions
January - March 2025
March
7 - Brad Sigmon - murdered by South Carolina & Scotus
Brad Sigmon: South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
© CNN
13 - David Wood - Texas - stayed
Stay granted for Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood
© The Texas Tribune » pub. March 11
17 - Christopher Sepulvado - Louisiana - passed away
Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
© CBS News » pub. Feb. 24
18 - Jessie Hoffman - murdered with gas by Louisiana
Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution, ending 15-year death penalty hiatus
© Louisiana Illuminator
Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
© Lethbridge News Now » pub. March 18
Louisiana to use nitrogen execution method it bans for cats and dogs
© The Guardian » pub. March 17
19 - Aaron Gunches - murdered by Arizona
Aaron Gunches executed for 2002 murder, marking Arizona's first execution since 2022
© USA Today
Arizona prisoner set to be executed next week passes up chance to ask for reprieve
© AP News » pub. March 10
20 - Wendell Grissom - murdered by Oklahoma
Oklahoma executes Wendell Grissom
© AP News
Wendell Grissom will be first Oklahoman executed in 2025
© KOSU » pub. March 19
20 - Edward James - murdered by Florida
Florida executes Edward Thomas James in 2nd execution of the day in the US, 4th this week
© USA Today
Florida man who raped, killed 8-year-old, murdered her grandma asks SCOTUS to block execution
© FOX 35 Orlando » pub. March 19
as of March 20
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January
31 - Marion Bowman - murdered by South Carolina
South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
© AP News
February
5 - Steven Nelson - murdered by Texas
Texas executes Steven Nelson
© The Texas Tribune
6 - Demetrius Frazier - murdered with gas by Alabama
Alabama puts man to death in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas
© AP News
13 - James Ford - murdered by Florida
James Ford is executed for the 1997 killing of a couple
© AP News
13 - Richard Tabler - murdered by Texas
Texas executes Richard Tabler
© The Texas Tribune
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October - December 2024
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Israel’s Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History
Israel’s Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History
“Israeli forces have signed a death warrant for Palestinian children in Gaza,” one rights group worker said.
Israel killed at least 174 children in its ceasefire-shattering assault on Gaza on Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest 24 hours for children in Gaza’s history, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) has said.
© Truthout
Monday, March 17, 2025
Idaho Governor Signs Legislation Authorizing Firing Squad as State’s Primary Execution Method
Idaho Governor Signs Legislation Authorizing Firing Squad as State’s Primary Execution Method
© Death Penalty Information Center
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
My Country, I Will Build You Again by Simin Behbahani
My Country, I Will Build You Again
© Poetry in Voice
My country, I will build you again,
if need be, with bricks made from my life.
I will build columns to support your roof,
if need be, with my bones.
I will inhale again the perfume of flowers
favored by your youth.
I will wash again the blood off your body
with torrents of my tears.
Once more, the darkness will leave this house.
I will paint my poems blue with the color of our sky.
The resurrector of “old bones” will grant me in his bounty
a mountain’s splendor in his testing grounds.
Old I may be, but given the chance, I will learn.
I will begin a second youth alongside my progeny.
I will recite the Hadith of “love and country”
with such fervor as to make each word bear life.
There still burns a fire in my breast
to keep undiminished the warmth of kinship
I feel for my people.
Once more you will grant me strength,
though my poems have settled in blood.
Once more I will build you with my life,
though it be beyond my means.
- Simin Behbahani -
July 20,1927 – August 19, 2014
Iranian Poet & Activist
Iranian Influential Women Simin Behbahani
© IranWire
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
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USA Kills Brad Sigmon by Firing Squad
Brad Sigmon: South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
© CNN
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
© AP News
previous news ►
Supreme Court Clears Way for Rare Execution by Firing Squad
© Bloomberg Law » pub. March 7
South Carolina moves ahead with ‘cruel’ firing squad execution despite outcry
© The Guardian » pub. March 7
SC Supreme Court denies Brad Sigmon's request to delay execution
© Greenville Online » pub. March 4
South Carolina Preparing for State’s First Firing Squad Execution, Marking First Firing Squad Execution in U.S. in 15 Years
© Death Penalty Information Center » pub. March 4
South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon picks firing squad for execution
© USA Today » pub. Feb. 21
Thursday, March 06, 2025
Donald Trump threatens Palestinians in Gaza with death in stunning social media post
Donald Trump threatens Palestinians in Gaza with death in stunning social media post
'To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!'
- Donald Trump -
© Middle East Eye
Free Palestine !!!!
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
South Carolina's first firing squad execution will involve a target, volunteer shooters and special bullets
Sunday, March 02, 2025
Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm: Execution of a Woman in Mashhad Central Prison
Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm: Execution of a Woman in Mashhad Central Prison
On Saturday, March 1, 2025, seven prisoners, including a woman named Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm, were executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad).
© NCRI Women Committee
After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free
After the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, his fate is in the hands of an Oklahoma City district attorney.
© The Intercept
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Adelabad Prison, Shiraz: Execution of a Woman Named Bagheri Nejad
Adelabad Prison, Shiraz: Execution of a Woman Named Bagheri Nejad
© NCRI Women Committee
Seven Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison
© Hrana