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I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived.
October 2, 2026Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen
Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
September 30, 2026Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in two centuries - Reuters
Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in two centuries Reuters
September 30, 2026Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire
This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.
August 21, 2026Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
August 11, 2026Iran talks, Jerome Powell and the White House Correspondents' Dinner - Reuters
Iran talks, Jerome Powell and the White House Correspondents' Dinner Reuters
April 25, 2026US is adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods - Reuters
US is adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods Reuters
April 24, 2026Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour - Reuters
Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour Reuters
April 23, 2026Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades
Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this year.
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I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's
Reporter Michael Graczyk has covered nearly 500 executions carried out in Texas, continuing even after his 2018 retirement from The Associated Press. He remembers two instances where needles popped o
Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen
If the execution proceeds, Christa Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years The execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike has been halted just over an hour be
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Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire
Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had
Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
Protesters hold cardboard figures with ropes round their necks during a rally against the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon in October 2013. Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty
DC Wrap: New round of ceasefire talks set to begin; DOJ drops Powell probe; court blocks Trump's asylum ban
President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan, the White House said Friday, just hours after Iran's top diplomat headed to the South Asian nation where offic
US is adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox US Acting Attorney-General Todd Blanche has authorised seeking death sentences against nine people. PHOTO: AFP Published Apr 24, 2026, 11:3
Trump administration to add firing squad, electrocution, gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice South Carolina's firing squad chair (left) behind the covered electric chair in a photograph released in 2022. (Supplied: South Carolina Department of Corrections) A rep
The language around Japan’s new bike rules leaves no room for ‘maybe’
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it annou
US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
US President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announc
Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment
Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa. Po
Iran executed at least 1,639 in 2025, more hangings feared: NGOs
Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025 and now risks hanging more in the the wake of the war against the US and Israel, two NGOs said Monday, urging the West to put capital punishm