1 hour ago George Floyd's girlfriend worries Trump will pardon killer cop Derek Chauvin 5 years on

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: This Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a video that shocked the world

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13 h. ago Furious final words of death row's oldest inmate as he is executed for murdering his estranged wife and sons

Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

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15 h. ago Death row inmate executed 33 years after killing family but claims innocence in final words

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders in 1989

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15 h. ago Death row fiend executed with chilling last 4 words 33 years after killing family

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders in 1989

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51 h. ago Death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed in South Carolina

The inmate appears to want to die himself after his best friend was executed in January

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52 h. ago South Carolina death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed

A South Carolina inmate whose best friend and four other inmates have been put to death in less than a year appears to want to die himself

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64 h. ago Death row inmate Matthew Lee Johnson's last words as he's executed for setting gran on fire

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Matthew Lee Johnson, who set shop assistant Nancy Harris on fire during a robbery in Dallas, Texas, addressed the victim's relatives before he was executed in prison

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68 h. ago Witness to death row execution gives chilling account of inmate's final moments

Benjamin Ritchie became the second person executed in Indiana in 15 years on Tuesday as, more than two decades after killing a police officer, the inmate was given a lethal injection

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3 d. ago The last words and final meal of man executed over killing of an Indiana police officer

Benjamin Ritchie put to death by lethal injection over killing of Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in 2000

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3 d. ago Death Row inmate's heartbreaking final six words before police killer died by lethal injection

Benjamin Ritchie was put to death via lethal injection around 6am UK time after more than 20 years on death row after he was convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer

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3 d. ago Death row cop killer executed by lethal injection as last words and final meal revealed

Benjamin Ritchie was given a lethal injection more than 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – he was denied a last minute stay of execution by the courts

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4 d. ago Death row inmate who shot dead cop set for lethal injection 'before the hour of sunrise'

A man is set to receive a lethal injection over 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – just the second over many years to take place in the area

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7 d. ago Death Row 'Casanova Killer's' final words give shoutout to Trump and hint at dark secret

Glen Rogers, 62, has been executed after languishing on Death Row for nearly 30 years ago for murdering two mums in separate incidents but made a final wish to Trump before his death

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7 d. ago Death Row beast who 'killed 70' and dubbed 'Casanova Killer' finally faces execution

Glen Rogers, 62, was sentenced to death nearly 30 years ago for murdering two mums in separate incidents - but he told cops in custody that he had killed around 70 people

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7 d. ago Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces

The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent decades on death row merit a new trial

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8 d. ago We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

We conclude that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, including mass killing, arbitrary detention and torture, meets the legal threshold for the termWe are university professors and human rights advocates who teach and write about Palestine and Israel. We have collectively taught thousands of classes on human rights law, international law and government repression. We have defended death row prisoners in Malawi, documented forced labor in Brazil, helped women seeking gender equality in Burma, chronicled the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination in Western Sahara, and advocated on behalf of families of disappeared immigrants in the United States. As human rights defenders, our job is to expose government abuses of power where we find them. And that includes Israel.It has never been easy for scholars in the United States to publicly criticize Israel. Now, anyone who does so risks professional suicide. The Trump administration deliberately conflates criticism of the gove...

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9 d. ago Imprisoned Suge Knight says Trump will pardon Diddy if convicted in sex trafficking case: ‘Puffy’s gonna be alright’

Suge Knight reasoned that President Donald Trump will pardon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs because he commuted the sentence of his Death Row Records co-founder, Michael Harris, in 2021

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1 week ago How many humans have gorillas killed as man vs beast death match row continues

The question of 'who would win between 100 men vs a gorilla?' has captured the internet in recent weeks – however the number of people gorillas have actually killed will leave you surprised

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1 week ago Pete Doherty 'party row' death case closed by police despite 'new evidence' claims

Police told the mum of Mark Blanco, 30, who died after falling from the balcony of a flat where Libertines star Pete Doherty was partying, that his death 'will not be actively investigated further'

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2 w. ago 5 botched Death Row executions with one so bad staff had '13 years of therapy'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: This week a Death Row inmate took four minutes to die after a firing squad failed to shoot him properly. But it was far from a one-off, as Daily Star shows with this grisly report

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