USA » April/June 2026 - Scheduled executions

April - June 2026

April

21 - Chadwick Willacy - murdered by Florida   

Florida man who set a neighbor on fire during a burglary is executed
© AP News

       
30 - James Hitchcock - murdered by Florida 

Florida executes man after nearly 50 years on death row
© RTE

Florida death row inmate says he’s innocent. His execution is scheduled Thursday
© Tampa Bay Times » pub. April 29

30 - James Broadnax - murdered by Texas 

Texas executes James Broadnax after Supreme Court rejects final appeal tied to cousin’s confession
© The Texas Tribune 

May

14 - Raymond Johnson - Oklahoma *

14 - Edward Busby - Texas *

20 - Leroy McGill - Arizona *

21 - Tony Carruthers - Tennessee *

21 - Richard Knight - Florida *
 

June       

11 - Jeffrey Lee - Alabama *   
         

as of April 30


* serious dates    

for scheduled executions, check ►
Rick Halperin page, thanks !!!!!

Take Action for All at ► Catholic Mobilizing Network
& 
► Execution Petitions – Death Penalty Action

Recent State Killings & stays ►

January - March 2026


Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!! 

Iran: Sasan Azadvar, Tenth Protester Hanged Within 42 Days

Sasan Azadvar, Tenth Protester Hanged Within 42 Days 

© Iran Human Rights 

Poet Mohamed Tadjadit has become the voice of Algeria’s discontented youth - Index on Censorship

Poet Mohamed Tadjadit has become the voice of Algeria’s discontented youth

© Index on Censorship

World Press Freedom Day 2026

World Press Freedom Day by Pedro X. Molina
cartoonist and illustrator from Nicaragua, born in 1976 

 

May 3 is

World Press Freedom Day


2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low

Reporters sans frontières | Reporters Without Borders

Committee to Protect Journalists

International Federation of Journalists - IFJ

Cartooning for Peace

World Press Freedom Day 2026 | Unesco

Iranian Regime Executes 24-Year-Old Woman Forced into Child Marriage

Iranian Regime Executes 24-Year-Old Woman Forced into Child Marriage

© NCRI Women Committee

Trump administration approves firing squad executions for death penalty

Trump administration approves firing squad executions for death penalty

© The San Juan Daily Star

Iran Regime Sentences Third Woman to Death over 2026 Protests

Iran Regime Sentences Third Woman to Death over 2026 Protests

© NCRI Women Committee

World Press Photo of the Year 2026

World Press Photo of the Year 2026
and finalists announced

World Press Photo 

Congratsssssssssssssssssssss to  All !!!!!

AI Annual Report 2025/26

The State of the World’s Human Rights

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2025/26

Amnesty International calls on states to stop predatory, anti-rights order from taking hold in pivotal moment for humanity

© Amnesty International

Saudi Arabia Surpasses 2,000 Executions Under King Salman - WCADP

Saudi Arabia Surpasses 2,000 Executions Under King Salman 

© World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

January 2026 Uprising: Four Detained Protesters Are Sentenced to Death

Bita Hemmati, and her 34-year-old husband, Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, Behrouz Zamaninejad and Kourosh Zamaninejad 

 

January 2026 Uprising: Four Detained Protesters Are Sentenced to Death

© NCRI Women Committee

2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran

2025 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran

At least 1,639 people were executed, marking the highest number of recorded executions since 1989. 

© Iran Human Rights

Saudi Arabia Executes Seven People in One Day

Saudi Arabia Executes Seven People in One Day

© Punch Newspapers

Inside Sgàire Wood’s Extreme Beauty Routine | Vogue

 

just found you yesterday
& i was/am totally in Awe ♥♥

Irish artist and performer Sgàire Wood 

Sgàire Wood on Instagram 

This drag queen is redefining the codes of aesthetics
© The Body Optimist

“We Have Been Executed Thousands of Times”: The Defiant Manifesto of PMOI Martyrs - NCRI

“We Have Been Executed Thousands of Times”: The Defiant Manifesto of PMOI Martyrs 

© National Council of Resistance of Iran 

Execution in Iran: Oxygen for the Survival of the Islamic Republic, 13 Political Executions in 18 Days - Iran HRM

Execution in Iran: Oxygen for the Survival of the Islamic Republic, 13 Political Executions in 18 Days

A table of Political Executions from January 2026 

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Protester Ali Fahim Hanged; 10 Political Prisoners Executed in 8 Days

Protester Ali Fahim Hanged; 10 Political Prisoners Executed in 8 Days

© Iran Human Rights

miuuuuu ♥ siesta

 

i was trying to do a siesta
but heard a kind of shot, no time to run away ...
oh nooo it was mom taking me a photo ...

anyway, since i'm awake, just to say

exactly 1 year ago it was crescent moon
when i found my mom & forever love ♥♥

i know it's bunny day
but here at home it's miuuuuu day all days ;-))))))

adopt rescue !!!!

i ♥ my mom & ♥ uuuuuuu too ♥

miuuuuuuuuuu Frida

Execution of Vahid Bani-Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer: The Lethal Cost of International Inaction - Iran HRM

Execution of Vahid Bani-Amerian and Abolhassan Montazer: The Lethal Cost of International Inaction

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures – Joint statement - Amnesty International

EU/Israel: Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures – Joint statement

© Amnesty International

Israel’s Death-by-Hanging Law Marks Further “Dehumanization of Palestinians”: B’Tselem

© Democracy Now!

Why Israel's death penalty law is a massive setback for human rights

© Middle East Eye

Iran: Executions, Mass Arrests, and Intensified Judicial Pressure in Late February and March 2026 - Iran HRM

Iran: Executions, Mass Arrests, and Intensified Judicial Pressure in Late February and March 2026 

Enforced Disappearance of Executed Prisoners/Death Row Queue Amidst the Fog of War

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Teenage Protester Amirhossein Hatami Hanged 84 Days After Arrest; IHRNGO Warns of More Executions in Coming Days

© Iran Human Rights

Israeli Knesset passes law to execute Palestinians for 'acts of terrorism' | Middle East Eye

Israeli Knesset passes law to execute Palestinians for 'acts of terrorism'

© Middle East Eye

'Inhumane and Degrading': Israel Passes Law to Execute Palestinian Prisoners

© Palestine Chronicle 

Israel news: Parliament to vote on Palestinians' death penalty

Knesset set to cast final votes on death penalty bill

Israel news: Parliament to vote on Palestinians' death penalty 

© Associated Press

Israel Advances Death Penalty Bill Targeting Palestinian Detainees: What It Means and Why It’s Dangerous

© Countercurrents

IHRNGO Strongly Condemns Executions of Political Prisoners Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi and Warns of More Executions Under Shadow of War

IHRNGO Strongly Condemns Executions of Political Prisoners Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar and Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi and Warns of More Executions Under Shadow of War

© Iran Human Rights

USA » Jan/March 2026 - Scheduled executions

January - March 2026

March 

3 -  Billy Kearse - murdered by Florida 

Statement on the Execution of Billy Kearse
© Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

11 - Cedric Ricks - murdered by Texas 

Texas executes Cedric Ricks
© The Texas Tribune

12 - Charles Lee Burton - Alabama - commuted

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Charles Lee ‘Sonny’ Burton
© Al.com » pub. March 10

17 -  Michael King - murdered by Florida 

Statement on the Execution of Michael King
© Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty 

 

31 - James Duckett - Florida - stay

Court grants stay of execution for ex-Florida cop pending DNA results
© Tampa Bay Times » pub. March 26  

     
as of March 26

* serious dates    

for scheduled executions, check ►
Rick Halperin page, thanks !!!!!

Take Action for All at ► Catholic Mobilizing Network
& 
Execution Petitions – Death Penalty Action

Recent State Killings & stays ►

February

10 - Ronald Heath - murdered by Florida 

Statement on the Execution of Ronald Heath
© Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

12 - Kendrick Simpson - murdered by Oklahoma 

Oklahoma executes Kendrick Simpson for 2006 double murder
© The Oklahoman

24 - Melvin Trotter - murdered by Florida 

Statement on the Execution of Melvin Trotter
© Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty 

January

28 - Charles Thompson - murdered by Texas 

Texas executes Charles Thompson
© The Texas Tribune » pub. Jan. 28

October - December 2025


Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!!    

Israeli bill to execute Palestinian prisoners advances for final Knesset vote | Middle East Eye

Israeli bill to execute Palestinian prisoners advances for final Knesset vote

© Middle East Eye

IHRNGO Warns of Mass Arrests Amid War in Iran

IHRNGO Warns of Mass Arrests Amid War in Iran 

© Iran Human Rights

poetree

 

 if i was a poet
      i would write a tree

if i was a tree
     i would be a poem ...

bloom, spring flower,
be a poemtree of Freedom !!!

with ♥
Frida & lu

because today is poetry & tree day ...