44 h. ago Death of Prince William's businessman pal who 'collapsed after swallowing a bee' sparks a £3billion inheritance row

Sunjay Kapur, 53, collapsed in front of horrified teammates during the game at Guards Polo Club in Windsor.

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4 d. ago The Tennessee execution that ‘went horribly wrong’: how Byron Black’s killing unfolded

Witnesses say disabled death-row man was in distress upon gurney, while lawyer calls execution ‘100% botched’For attorney Kelley Henry, the visible blood was the first indication that the execution of her client was going wrong.At 10.15am on Tuesday inside the Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville, the longtime Tennessee death row lawyer watched as staff attempted to place an IV into the right arm of Byron Black. Black was locked on to a gurney with crisscrossing black straps over his chest, stomach and legs, and Henry saw blood ooze from the injection site. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was 'hurting so bad'

The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted defibrillator did not shock him

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7 d. ago Son battered frail father, 78, to death with dumbbell in row over £40

Aston Lambert was found guilty of murdering his father by a jury at Southwark Crown Court

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7 d. ago Death row inmate screams out in pain during execution after state refused to remove heart device

Byron Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection for the deaths of Angela Clay, 29, and her daughters, Latoya, nine, and Lakeisha, six, on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Child murderer's five last words after injection on death row amid defibrillator row

Byron Black, who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s, was given a lethal injection at a jail in Nashville, Tennessee

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8 d. ago Tennessee man executed while his defibrillator remained active cried out in pain as he died, witnesses say

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.

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8 d. ago Tennessee man who was executed while defibrilator was still active was ‘hurting so bad’

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.

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8 d. ago Death row inmates challenge new Arkansas law allowing executions by nitrogen gas

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas

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8 d. ago Tennessee executes man despite concerns over shock from heart device

Byron Black, 69, put to death after legal battle in which lawyers said defibrillator would shock heart repeatedlyTennessee has executed a man without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when a lethal drug takes effect.Byron Black died at 10.43am, prison officials said. Shortly after the lethal injection started, witnesses said Black told a spiritual adviser in the room that he was hurting so badly. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tennessee set to execute inmate despite concerns heart device could prolong ordeal

Barring a reprieve, Byron Black’s execution will go forward amid concerns implanted defibrillator will shock his heartTennessee is set to execute an inmate on Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal drug takes effect.Barring a late reprieve requested from the governor or the courts, Byron Black’s execution will go forward after a legal back-and-forth over whether the state would need to turn off his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or ICD. The non-profit Death Penalty Information Center said it’s unaware of any other cases in which an inmate was making similar claims to Black about ICDs or pacemakers. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Grim photo shows nightmarish conditions Bryan Kohberger faces after being moved to notorious J

The quadruple killer, 30, was moved to long-term isolation in a notoriously restrictive block of the Idaho prison where he will spend the rest of his life.

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3 w. ago 34 men who ended up on Death Row have one thing in common – they all went to same school

Michael Bell is the latest Florida inmate to be executed - the convicted murderer was one of 34 former students of the notorious Dozier School for Boys known for systematic abuse

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3 w. ago Nike fans are just learning creepy meaning behind 'Just Do It' slogan after 37 years

One of the world's most successful and most famous marketing slogans, Nike's 'Just Do It' is hiding a much more sinister past with ties to a convicted Death Row murderer

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3 w. ago ‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaignersIn late October 2022, as protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody swept across Iran, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, a father of three, was racing through alleyways in the city of Bukan, in western Iran, carrying medical supplies to secret clinics where doctors treated injured demonstrators in defiance of the state.Many of the wounded were too afraid to seek hospital care after reports of secret police patrolling wards, interrogating patients and detaining injured protesters. By helping, Babamiri, a 47-year-old fruit and vegetable farmer, did not see himself as a revolutionary but simply as someone doing what was right, says his daughter, Zhino. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Victim’s family refuses to pardon Indian nurse on death row in Yemen: ‘Blood cannot be bought’

Brother of victim denounces moves to delay execution of Nimisha Priya

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3 w. ago Killer inmates on America's harshest death row get rare privileges and incredible new perk

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal meals, TV time, prayer circles and - for the first time in decades - direct human contact

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3 w. ago America's harshest death row grants killer inmates incredible new perk

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Alvarez Medrano, 45, a Texas death row inmate, is among a select group of about a dozen prisoners chosen for a groundbreaking program.

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4 w. ago Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya on death row

Postponement of Nimisha Priya’s execution is only a temporary relief as efforts being made to secure pardon from victim’s kin

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4 w. ago Murderer's 14 last words as he's given lethal injection on Florida's death row

Michael Bernard Bell, who killed two people outside a bar in Florida more than 30 years ago, became the 26th person to be executed on death row in the US this year

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