4 h. ago Death Row inmate's final meal after slaughtering four members of same family

Twisted killer Richard Kenneth Djerf, 55, has been executed more than 30 years after the brutal murders of four members of the same family in which he tied them up and tortured them

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28 h. ago ‘Gen Z gave us the victory’: how young protesters toppled Madagascar’s leader

There is jubilation in Place du 13 Mai in the capital but concern about army’s intentions after military takeoverAs the sun set on Place du 13 Mai in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, thousands of people danced, waved and cheered to pulsating rap and reggae beats and rousing speeches.When young people started protesting on 25 September, first against water and power cuts, then demanding a complete overhaul of the political system, military police stopped them from reaching the square. The site has been a symbol of democracy and the focal point of anti-government protests on the Indian Ocean island since 40 student demonstrators were killed there by security forces in May 1972. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Death Row man executed for killing student with ransom note made from magazine cutouts

Charles Crawford has been executed after spending over 30 years on death row for the rape and murder of Kristy Ray, who was kidnapped from her parents home in 1993

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62 h. ago Death Row inmate's last words and simple final meal after killing student, 20

Charles Crawford asked for a simple American meal before he was executed after spending over 30 years on death row for the rape and murder of Kristy Ray

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3 d. ago Mississippi is set to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

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3 d. ago Death Row inmate's last words after sex workers found dumped in pond

Death Row inmate Samuel Lee Smithers has been executed for the 1996 killings of sex workers Christy Cowan and Denise Roach who he murdered and dumped a nearby pond

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3 d. ago Shock number of executions to take place this week in busiest month for 15 years

Four death row inmates are set to be executed in the US this week in what is the busiest month for the death penalty in nearly 15 years

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4 d. ago Law student 'who "took pleasure in killing" fatally poisoned four people in five

Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes, 36, is said to have premeditated the horrific acts as she admitted to killing 10 dogs in order to test the strength of the poison before using it on her victims.

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4 d. ago Female law student 'who 'took pleasure in killing' fatally poisoned four people'

Ana Paula Veloso Fernandes, 36, premeditated the horrific acts as she admitted to killing 10 dogs in order to test the strength of the poison before using it on her victims.

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7 d. ago Middle school teacher jailed for raping a student is killed in prison by his murderer cellmate, officials say

Ernest Nichols, 60, was convicted of rape in 2011 and set to be released in 2027

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1 week ago Hero student who died after fighting Nottingham killer receives bravery award

Grace O'Malley-Kumar died fighting to protect her friend and fellow student Barnaby Webber, who also lost his life, as Valdo Calocane launched an attack on the students

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1 week ago Death row inmates' horror botched executions from blood spurting to catching fire

The US made history in August as it executed its first-ever prisoner in 15 years by firing squad in what was only the fourth time the method has been used since the death penalty was resumed in the country

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2 w. ago ‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killingAlana*, a student at Utah Valley University, was taken aback by the deification of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination on 10 September. As an Afro-Latina genderqueer senior at DC’s Howard University, she found it off-putting when she saw an image on Instagram of Kirk hugging Jesus. “He wasn’t this national hero or politician,” Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was “just a white man with a loud opinion.”The sentiment on the historically Black university’s campus, she said, is that Kirk’s rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nightmarish final moments of wealthy student, 19, killed alongside two friends trapped in burning Tesla Cybertruck revealed

Krysta Michelle Tsukahara, a sophomore at Savannah College of Art and Design, was one of three who died following the crash last November in Piedmont , California.

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2 w. ago 'I survived botched death row execution and there's one face I'll never forget'

After being stabbed several times with needles about to administer a lethal injection, death row inmate Thomas Creech will never forget this one moment

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2 w. ago 'I survived disaster death row execution and one moment was the worst'

Thomas Creech, 75, is Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate and was due to be executed last year

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2 w. ago Trial date for suspect in Florida State mass shooting has been postponed until next October

The trial of the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April has been postponed until next October

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2 w. ago Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and 3 male inmates

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row

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2 w. ago Death Row inmate who killed couple during a robbery shares final blunt statement

Jones was a new employee at a Miami business owned by Matilda and Jacob Nestor in December 1990 when he stabbed the woman in the neck and her husband in the chest

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2 w. ago Indonesia school collapse: one dead, 65 buried under rubble as rescuers race to find survivors

Death toll expected to rise as instability of building in East Java town hampers rescue efforts At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later.Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying. Continue reading...

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