5 h. ago Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute

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7 h. ago Death row inmate suffered 'excruciating' execution after making last meal 'mistake'

Wesley Ira Purkey, who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering 16-year-old Jennifer Long back in 1998.

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26 h. ago Dan Walker recalls terror at meeting death row inmate who knew him

Dan Walker has opened up on how filming his new death row series impacted him, revealing that an inmate knew who he was before they met.

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28 h. ago Death Row killer leaves Dan Walker terrified with chilling Strictly Come Dancing comment

Former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 where he finsihed fifth - but it was not something he expected to be brought up when meeting a Death Row inmate

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5 d. ago Death Row inmate cleared of tot's bathtub murder after case was 'built on junk science'

Jimmie Duncan spent nearly three decades on death row after being jailed for raping and drowning his girlfriend's toddler, but his conviction was overturned over questionable 'bite mark evidence'

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6 d. ago Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25

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1 week ago US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

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2 w. 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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4 w. ago Morbidly obese Death Row prisoner's final meal was exactly what you'd expect it to be

A morbidly obese Death Row inmate – dubbed a 'fledgling serial killer' – has been executed after eating a last meal some would say was expected for a man of his stature

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4 w. ago Morbidly obese death row inmate's final meal revealed as he's executed after claiming to be too fat for lethal injection

Michael Tanzi, branded a 'fledgling serial killer,' was put to death just after 6pm on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Raiford after his lawyers tried to stave off his morbid end.

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