Death Penalty Information Center

Jesse Guardado was executed on November 5, 2026, but ahead of his execution, a federal appellate judge found it “deeply troubling” that the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) used white-out to change the expiration date of drugs used in lethal injection executions. In September 2026, Mr. Guardado’s legal team filed a suit against the state questioning whether the DOC has be...

Attorneys for death row prisoner Jeffrey Weisheit and a group of state lawmakers urged Indiana Governor Mike Braun to grant a temporary reprieve ahead of Mr. Weisheit’s November 5 execution date, arguing the state should not proceed until questions about its lethal injection drug supply were answered. After Gov. Braun rejected those calls, Mr. Weisheit was executed by lethal inj...

On October 29, 2026, five groups filed amicus briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Brenda Andrew’s death sentence, which they say was shaped by pervasive gender bias at her trial. Her petition, which was filed on September 25, argues that the prosecution’s reliance on prejudicial evidence denied her the due process guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. At trial, prosecu...

On November 5, three people will be put to death in a single day across the United States, all by lethal injection. Indiana officials will execute Jeffrey Weisheit; Florida officials will execute Jesse Guardado; and Alabama officials will execute Michael Taylor. All three cases raise serious questions regarding the fairness of their trials and the constitutionality of their exec...

One month after the state of Tennessee attempted to execute her, Christa Pike issued a statement, sharing in her own words how the experience has affected her. Ms. Pike says she was “prepared to die” and had “made [her] peace” as she entered the execution chamber on September 30. She describes waking up in a hospital “confused and in pain,” and says she has been in pain constant...