A look at the status of U.S. executions in 2025

(AP) – Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and four other people are scheduled to be put to death in three states during the remainder of 2025.

The latest was a Mississippi man who died by lethal injection Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a ransom scheme. A Florida man was put to death by lethal…