7 h. ago Prosecutors can seek death penalty for Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger despite autism diagnosis, judge rules

Kohberger is accused of murdering four Idaho college students in 2022

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11 h. ago Alabama to execute a man who said he's guilty of rape and murder and deserves to die

An Alabama man is scheduled to be executed within hours after dropping his appeals and saying he doesn’t want to keep “wasting everybody’s time” and money

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16 h. ago EFL footballer Lucas Akins jailed for causing death of cyclist after crashing Mercedes

EFL footballer Lucas Akins has been handed a prison sentence following a hearing at Leeds Crown Court following the death of a cyclist in March 2022

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21 h. ago Man who strangled partner to death and said it was 'sex gone wrong' to be sentenced

Alcwyn Thomas killed Victoria 'Vicki' Thomas after drinking heavily and taking cocaine but had denied murder saying the pair regularly enjoyed adventurous intercourse including strangulation.

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25 h. ago Alabama to execute man who asked for his death sentence to stop ‘wasting everybody’s time’

The prisoner will join approximately one in ten people on death row in America who ask for their own executions

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45 h. ago Sarah Ferguson says her double cancer diagnoses felt 'like a death sentence'

In conversation with The Times, the Duchess of York, 65, likened her health battles to a 'bomb going off in my life'.

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46 h. ago Sarah Ferguson says cancer diagnoses felt ‘like a death sentence’

Duchess of York was diagnosed with skin cancer six months after breast cancer treatment

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6 d. ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

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6 d. ago Campaigners and charities horrified by revelations about impact of Trump’s ‘reckless’ USAID cuts

Trump has been accused of giving ‘millions of people a death sentence’ after The Independent exposed the reality of the cuts on the ground

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1 week ago Coleen Campbell hauled from cell over hammer attack after ex

Coleen Campbell is currently serving a 13 year sentence for manslaughter in connection with the death of her ex-husband Thomas Campbell, but has been back in court for a hammer attack

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1 week ago Coleen Campbell battered woman in love triangle street attack days before helping kill her ex

Campbell is currently serving a 13 year sentence for manslaughter in connection with the death of her ex-husband

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1 week ago Killer who stabbed neighbour 'murdered' by fellow prisoner at high security jail

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a convicted killer, who was serving a life sentence after stabbing his elderly female neighbour to death in 2006.

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1 week ago Convicted killer John Mansfield 'murdered' by fellow prisoner at high security jail

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of John Mansfield, who was serving a life sentence for murder at HMP Whitemoor after stabbing his neighbour to death in 2006

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1 week ago A former Colorado sheriff's deputy is to be sentenced in the death of Christian Glass

A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in emotional distress is set to be sentenced

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1 week ago Petrol drivers urged to ignore garage 'death sentence' as it could be wrong

A mechanic has urged drivers to exercise caution when a garage says your petrol or diesel vehicle has a blown engine - here's what you need to know about a second opinion

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1 week ago Death Row man picks firing squad in second execution after failed plea for clemency

Mikal Mahdi, 41, was sentenced to death for the brutal slaying of an off-duty cop in South Carolina in 2004 after he'd already fatally shot a convenience store clerk in the head

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2 w. ago Serial killer utters Death Row confession after keeping grim murders secret for 17 years

The ‘National Forest Serial Killer’ was convicted for the murders of four people after a gruesome killing spree and received the death sentence in April 2011 - but he's made a confession

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2 w. ago Lawyers fight to stop South Carolina man’s execution by firing squad

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a man in 2004, endured prolonged torture as child and didn’t receive a fair trial, lawyers argueA 42-year-old man on South Carolina death row is fighting to stop his execution by firing squad, with his attorneys arguing he endured prolonged torture as a child and did not receive a fair trial.Mikal Mahdi is due to be killed on Friday, nearly 20 years after he was sentenced to death for the 2004 killing of James Myers, a 56-year-old off-duty public safety officer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man who kicked taxi driver to death after asking for cigarette in 'senseless attack' sentenced to jail

The taxi driver was pushed down a steep embankment before being kicked repeatedly in the head

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2 w. ago Congo repatriates 3 Americans who had faced death sentences over a failed coup plot

Congo says three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt last year have been repatriated to the United States

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