89 m. ago Killer jailed for beating neighbour to death after row over closing a gate

A man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly neighbour in a row over shutting a gate.

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7 h. ago Death Row killer's fried final meal with 'black cow' on the side before execution

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

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31 h. ago Rapist and killer executed on death row 30 years after crimes

Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was killed by lethal injection, more than 30 years after he raped and killed a woman.

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36 h. ago Rapist and killer finally repents as he's executed on death row 30 years later

Thomas Lee Gudinas had been on death row at Florida State Prison near Starke since his conviction in 1995 of the rape and killing of Michelle McGrath in the southeastern state

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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last month 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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