On Thursday, the 25th of January, 2024, the State of Alabama carried out the first execution in world history using nitrogen hypoxia when 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Escambia County. Smith had spent over twenty-seven years on death row following his conviction for … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #168 California execution #1 since reinstatement On the morning of Tuesday, the 21st of April, 1992, the State of California carried out its first execution in twenty-five years when 39-year-old Robert Alton Harris was put to death in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County. Harris had spent thirteen … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1560 Texas execution #579 since reinstatement On Tuesday, the 10th of January, 2023, the State of Texas carried out its first execution of the year when 65-year-old Robert Alan Fratta was put to death by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Walker County. Fratta, a former suburban police officer, had … Read more
During 2025, the State of Florida carried out nineteen executions at Florida State Prison near Starke, accounting for over forty percent of all capital sentences carried out in the United States that year. Among those put to death were two men whose cases drew widespread attention: Glen Edward Rogers, an itinerant killer dubbed the “Casanova … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #189 Washington State execution #1 since reinstatement Modern judicial hanging #1 in the United States In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the 5th of January, 1993, the State of Washington carried out the execution of 31-year-old Westley Allan Dodd at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Dodd had been sentenced … Read more
