Texas executes 55-year-old man in 1st US execution of 2026
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A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026, keeping the state on pace to match or possibly exceed last year’s record 19 executions.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—For Ohio to resume executions, state lawmakers would need to pass a “shield law” to prevent pharmaceutical companies from discovering that their drugs were used in lethal injections, according to Gov.
Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday.
A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House this week, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority.