8 h. ago Death Row killer who spent 20 years begging for lethal injection to finally get his wish

Aaron Brian Gunches has been on death row for more than 20 years and, after begging the courts to move up his execution date, is finally set to sit in the death chamber tonight

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13 h. ago Death Row killer's final meal and last words revealed after 'inhumane' execution

Jessie Hoffman Jr was denied the chance to carry out a Buddhist ritual in this final moments after declining to take part in two of the final moments of humanity he'd face in his life

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31 h. ago Death Row killer to be executed today by method deemed to cruel for cats and dogs

Jessie Hoffman was sentenced to death in 1996 at the age of 18 for the rape and murder of advertising executive Mollie Elliott. He has been on death row ever since

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32 h. ago Death row killer set for execution by 'inhumane' method banned for use on cats and dogs

Jessie Hoffman was convicted of rape and murder in 1996 but is now scheduled to be executed by the "inhumane" method of nitrogen gas, that Louisiana don't even allow for their pets

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6 d. ago Killer who stabbed schoolgirl Elianne Andam, 15, to death in row over a teddy bear is jailed for life with minimum term of 23 years

Hassan Sentamu, 18, flew into a fit of 'white-hot anger' and stabbed Elianne in the neck with a kitchen knife outside the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London.

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1 week ago 'Desert Killer' makes last ditch 'I'm innocent' declaration as Death Row execution nears

David Leonard Wood was convicted of murdering six girls and women in 1987 and yet, he is fighting to stop his upcoming execution on March 13 saying all the evidence was circumstantial

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1 week ago Death row killer executed by firing squad in US for first time in 15 years

Brad Sigmon chose how he wanted to die after also being offered the electric chair and lethal injection.

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1 week ago Death Row baseball bat killer executed by firing squad as last meal revealed

Brad Sigmon has been executed by firing squad in Columbia, after admitting to the brutal double murder of his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2002

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2 w. ago Baseball bat Death Row killer 'forced' to choose execution by horror firing squad

Brad Sigmon’s upcoming execution by firing squad is raising ethical questions after the 67-year-old convict pleaded for a postponement of the grim method set for Friday (March 7)

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2 w. ago Lucky Death Row killer who ate tasty last meal 'three times' granted new trial

Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip has been scheduled to be put to death nine times in total, but fresh evidence has prompted the Supreme Court to grant him a new trial

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