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Portraits of slain Iranians are displayed in an area of Esplanades des Invalides in Paris on July 8, 2025, as part of a campaign led by Comite Iran Liberte and Comite de Soutien aux droits de l'homme en Iran (CSDHI) to stop executions in the Islamic republic. (Photo by Delphine TOUITOU / AFP) (Photo by DELPHINE TOUITOU/AFP via Getty Images)

UN: ‘Major increase in executions’ in Iran, at least 841 people this year

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office reported that Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 individuals since the beginning of this year.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 26: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump urges death penalty for all D.C. homicides: ‘Very strong preventative’

President Donald Trump announced his intention for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to seek the death penalty in all murder cases occurring in Washington, D.C. He stressed that capital punishment is a “very strong preventative” against crime.

Interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro (C) speaks during a press update on a shooting the night before, of two Israeli embassy staffers, at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers, identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim by the Israeli foreign ministry, were shot dead late May 21, outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted "free Palestine," authorities said, with US officials and Israeli diplomats expressing shock and outrage over the killings. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge Jeanine confirms charges against Israeli Embassy shooter

Judge Jeanine Pirro, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced charges against the alleged killer of two Israeli Embassy staff members.

Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom during a hearing Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. (August Frank/Lewiston Tribune via AP, Pool) / (R) Family-released images of the deceased college students -- given to the press. (Photo via: Goncalves, Chapin, Kernodle and Mogen families)

Idaho Murders: Murder victims’ families divided over ‘death penalty dropping’ plea deal

The families of the victims of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger are divided emotionally in regard to their opinions on the suspect’s recent plea deal, which dropped Kohberger’s chance of receiving the death penalty.

(Photo via: MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS)

Missouri: Marcellus Williams Executed After SCOTUS Denies Multiple Appeals

Marcellus Williams, who was previously convicted for the brutal murder of Lisha Gayle in 1998, was put to death on Tuesday, despite the victim’s family and the prosecutor objecting to the death penalty.

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump Reveals His Plan To Bring Back Federal Death Penalty If Reelected

2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump laid out his plan to dissolve the Justice Department’s current moratorium on the federal death penalty, should he win reelection.