48 h. ago Death row killer Gregory Hunt makes hand gesture moments before he's executed

Gregory Hunt was found guilty of capital murder during sexual abuse and burglary by a jury, with jurors recommending by an 11-1 vote that he should receive a death sentence

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51 h. ago Death row killer's chilling last words as he's executed for murdering mum

Anthony Wainwright was put on death row after abducting mum-of-two Carmen Gayheart, 23, from a supermarket car park in broad daylight, and killing her in Florida

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52 h. ago Death row inmate made haunting final hand symbol before being executed for killing a woman

An Alabama man who was executed yesterday for the 1988 murder of a woman made a chilling final hand gesture before being put to death with nitrogen gas.

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5 d. ago Death row killer with dementia deemed fit to be executed by firing squad

Convicted murderer Ralph Leroy Menzies chose death by firing squad when he was sentenced to death, which a judge has ruled he will still face despite suffering from dementia

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6 d. ago Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed

A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed

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2 w. ago Man who becomes 'best friends' with death row killers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Rev. Jeff Hood, who has witnessed the last moments of nine death row inmates, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with condemned men in the United States

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3 w. 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 w. 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 w. 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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4 w. 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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