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Hanged, electrocuted and poisoned: The killers who survived execution
From a teenager who survived the electric chair to inmates who escaped lethal injections, botched executions have raised a troubling question in the US: Can the state try again? Tennessee killer Christa Pike's case has reignited the debate
Tal Amoday
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10.17.26
Trump cancels livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution after bipartisan backlash
The president reverses a Pentagon plan to broadcast the December 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre; Vice President JD Vance, Catholic bishops and Republican leaders had opposed the public spectacle, warning of its consequences
Associated Press
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10.15.26
Pentagon to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer who murdered 13
Nidal Hasan, a former US Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, is scheduled to be executed on December 3 at the Texas base; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public should witness the punishment, marking the military's first execution since 1961
News Agencies
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10.09.26
Trump approves execution by firing squad for Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan
The Palestinian-American former Army psychiatrist, who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is set to face a firing squad after Trump approved the first U.S. military execution since 1961
ynet, News Agencies
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10.06.26
7 needles, 2 lethal doses and a doctor tied to prior botch: how Christa Pike’s execution failed
Pike remains critical in hospital as lawyers demand her sentence be commuted; Tennessee’s governor has halted further executions while the case fuels calls to bring back the electric chair
ynet, News Agencies
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10.02.26
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives lethal execution attempt
Pike remains alive after two doses of pentobarbital in unprecedented failed execution; governor halts remaining executions and orders independent review
Reuters
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10.01.26
Christa’s final night: Tennessee set to execute first woman in over 200 years
Gov. Bill Lee rejected clemency for Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture killing of Colleen Slemmer at age 18; her lawyers cite childhood sexual abuse and mental illness, while the victim’s family says justice is overdue
ynet
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09.30.26
Iran executes 71 in July as war pushes crackdown out of view
Iran Human Rights says 444 executions were documented through July, most never announced by authorities, as activists warn war with Israel and the US is pushing executions, arrests and alleged abuses out of international view
Giorgia Valente / The Media Line
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08.08.26
Iran executed at least 56 people since March, UN says
UN rights chief Volker Türk says 27 executions were linked to January’s anti-government protests and warns that more than 100 others face death sentences amid an intensifying crackdown
Reuters
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08.05.26
Iran hangs man accused of spying for Israel amid wave of executions
State media says Ehsan Afreshteh was trained by Mossad in Nepal and sold sensitive information to Israel before being hanged after the Supreme Court upheld his espionage conviction
AFP
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05.13.26
Iran’s hanging judge: The regime enforcer turning threats against civilians into action
Since the war began, Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei has been everywhere: on state television, at regime marches, in propaganda clips — and at the center of a growing campaign of arrests, threats and executions against Iranians accused of betraying the regime
Lior Ben Ari
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05.12.26
Iran hangs anti-government protester accused of Mossad ties
State-linked media says Erfan Kiani was executed over alleged vandalism, arson and violence during unrest in Isfahan, as rights groups warn Iran is widening its use of death sentences against protesters and alleged Israeli collaborators
Reuters
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04.25.26
Iran executes two men accused of spying for Mossad, opposition rejects claims
The two were linked to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, and spark condemnation from opposition groups, who deny the charges and call for international action to stop the wave of executions
Reuters
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04.20.26
Islamic Republic executes 3 uprising protesters on eve of Iranian New Year
Dawn hangings in Qom follow torture confessions; fears mount for hundreds at risk as regime retaliates
Omid Habibinia/The Media Line
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03.23.26
Saudi Arabia courts the West as executions reach record levels: 'Mockery of human rights'
As Mohammed bin Salman draws Saudi Arabia closer to the West and receives royal treatment during a White House visit, the kingdom has again set a record for executions; rights groups say Riyadh pays no international price: 'It’s abysmal'
ynet, News Agencies
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12.21.25
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