Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. While Gov. Greg Abbott and lackeys such as Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath work themselves into a lather over remarks Charlie Kirk’s ...

In September 2025, Snopes readers wrote in asking whether the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk had once said children should watch public executions. Kirk died on Sept. 10, 2025, after he was ...

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

On Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more than doubling the state's previous annual record.

Twenty-nine men have died this year by court-ordered execution in the United States, and that number is set to rise on Thursday as Florida prepares to execute 59-year-old Curtis Windom via lethal ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump has been forthright about his intention to bring about a death-penalty renaissance, and now his ...