7 h. ago Florida man executed for raping and murdering girl, 8, and stabbing her gran 21 times

Edward James was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford on Thursday, more than three decades after he raped and murdered eight-year-old Toni Neuner before killing her grandmother

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23 h. ago Florida man faces execution for killing girl, 8, and her grandmother

Edward James scheduled to receive lethal injection under death warrant signed in February by Ron DeSantisA Florida man who killed an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs is set to be executed Thursday.Edward James, 63, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison outside Starke under a death warrant signed in February by Governor Ron DeSantis. Barring a last-minute reprieve, the execution is to be the second this year in Florida, which is planning a third in April. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Condemned killer's vile final act before execution by lethal injection

Aaron Gunches kidnapped and shot a man dead in the desert near Pheonix in 2007. He has became the second prisoner to be executed across the United States this week.

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29 h. ago Death Row killer who begged for lethal injection executed as final meal and last words revealed

Aaron Brian Gunches has spent the last 10 years trying to get an execution date, saying that he wanted it to move forward 'so that justice may be lawfully served and give closure'

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36 h. ago Aaron Gunches' disgusting last act before execution by injection on death row

Aaron Gunches, who kidnapped and shot dead a man in a desert near Phoenix, Arizona, became the second prisoner to be executed across the United States in as many days

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36 h. ago Death row inmate's last act of defiance... and his very exotic final meal

Aaron Gunches, 53, was pronounced dead at 10.33am on Wednesday. He offered no resistance as the lethal injection was administered.

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41 h. ago Arizona executes Aaron Gunches in state’s first execution in nearly two years

Death row inmate was convicted of the 2002 murder of Ted Price

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43 h. ago Death row inmate Aaron Brian Gunches can't wait to die after waiting 17 years for the lethal injection

Most death row inmates are begging for a last minute reprieve. But Arizona killer Aaron Brian Gunches has been begging to be executed for nearly 20 years.

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48 h. ago Death Row killer who spent 20 years begging for lethal injection to finally get his wish

Aaron Brian Gunches has been on death row for more than 20 years and, after begging the courts to move up his execution date, is finally set to sit in the death chamber tonight

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62 h. ago ‘I don’t want him executed. I want him to suffer:’ Murder victim’s family speaks out ahead of death row inmate’s execution

Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be executed in Arizona on Wednesday morning

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4 d. ago The death row inmate who can't wait to die and has been waiting YEARS for his lethal injection

Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was convicted of murder in 2007 after he kidnapped and gunned down his girlfriend's ex-husband Ted Price in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, in 2002.

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9 d. ago Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection

A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week

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9 d. ago America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death

Desolate spectacle of executions begins again under Trump, in landscape of capital punishment as riven as US is as a wholeDavid Leonard Wood. Jessie Hoffman. Aaron Gunches. Wendell Grissom. Edward Thomas James. Moises Sandoval Mendoza.So many names. So many dead men walking. Ten days, five states, six death row prisoners scheduled for execution. Continue reading...

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1 week ago South Carolina moves ahead with ‘cruel’ firing squad execution despite outcry

Brad Sigmon, 67, will be first executed by gunfire in US in 15 years as supporters call for clemencyThe US will conduct its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on Friday in South Carolina, despite widespread concerns about the safety and cruelty of this method and growing calls for clemency.Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to be shot to death by three South Carolina prison employees, part of a series of rapid executions the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives capital punishment. After a 13-year-pause in killings, due to limited supplies to carry out executions, the state now directs men on death row to choose their method of death – electric chair, lethal injection or firing squad. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago South Carolina court clears way for first execution by firing squad in 15 years

Lawyers for Brad Sigmon said he chose a death by firing squad because he thought lethal injection would be tortuousSouth Carolina’s supreme court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of convicted murderer Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for his execution by firing squad on Friday.Sigmon’s lawyers wanted to delay his death so they could get a fuller hearing in court to learn more information about the drug South Carolina uses in lethal injections. Sigmon said that lack of information forced him to choose to be shot to death. The state also has an electric chair, but Sigmon said he didn’t want to suffer being cooked alive by electricity. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, chooses to be shot dead amid concerns that lethal injections have caused ‘excruciating’ painA South Carolina man on death row has chosen to be killed by firing squad, and if his execution goes forward next month, it would be the first time in 15 years that capital punishment in the US is carried out by gunfire.Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to be shot to death on 7 March, part of a spate of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives executions after a 13-year pause. South Carolina now directs those on death row to choose how they will be killed – electric chair, lethal injection or shooting. If they decline to make a selection, the state electrocutes them. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Schoolboy who injected himself with butterfly for 'challenge' suffers painful death

Davi Nunes Moreira, 14, died last Thursday after admitting to medics that he had injected a liquid containing a crushed butterfly into his leg.

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