Execution
Hegesth plan to publicly livestream Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN condemnation
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth told Jack Posobiec.
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison
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Vance says he does not know whether execution of Fort Hood gunman will occur
Several Republican lawmakers criticized the move championed by Hegseth, while former US officials said a livestream of the execution would hand terrorists 'free propaganda.'
After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'
She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.
Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas
US Army Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting spree that he described as retaliation for US wars in the Muslim world.
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say
Chsita Pike, 50, survived an execution attempt by lethal injection on September 30 and has been hospitalized since.
Alireza Sepahi survived the gallows once, but the Islamic Republic came back for him - comment
After a heart attack halted his first execution, Alireza Sepahi was resuscitated and returned to prison, while his mother reportedly wished he would not wake because she knew what awaited him.
Iran executes two men arrested over January 2026 protests, Mizan reports
Mizan said Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi were sentenced to death on charges including "membership in an armed rebel group, and waging war against God through carrying weapons."
Flydubai attempted hijack security failure exposes Israel’s deep accountability crisis - analysis
Israeli passengers stepped forward when disaster struck. In the days that followed, officials stepped back, each explaining why responsibility for the security failure belonged to someone else.
Tennessee prison chief resigns after second failed execution this year
Department of Correction commissioner Frank Strada said that although he believes his agency followed proper execution protocol, "stepping aside is in the best interest of Tennesseans."
Iran executes detainee for participating in January anti-regime protests, judiciary says
Iran's judiciary claimed that Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi fired at least three shots at police on January 8 and was arrested two days later with a handgun in Shahrekord in southwestern Iran.
Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution
Her lawyers repeated their calls for Pike's sentence to be commuted to life in prison after enduring what they called "chemical torture."
