28 h. ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in botched execution

Clayton Lockett was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman

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29 h. ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in 'tortured to death' execution

Clayton Lockett was subjected to a botched execution after he was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping

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40 h. ago American film student 'stabbed girlfriend to death after STD row'

American film student 'stabbed girlfriend to death after STD row'  Metro.co.uk

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42 h. ago Louisiana man who spent 30 years on death row freed on bail after conviction overturned

A Louisiana death row inmate spent 30 years behind bars before his conviction was overturned allowing him to walk free on bail.

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44 h. ago Death row inmate released on bail after nearly 30 years in prison

Jimmie Duncan was convicted of murdering his then-girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter in 1998

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47 h. ago Death row prisoner dies of natural causes while awaiting firing squad

Ralph Leroy Menzies developed dementia during his 37 years on death row

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53 h. ago Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million

Number of women incarcerated around the world rising at nearly three times the rate of men, with female prisoners often subjected to sexual violence and forced labourExplainer: How many women are in prison and on death row around the world? – in chartsUp to a million women worldwide are facing sexual violence and forced labour in prisons, where they are overlooked and forgotten, in what is being called a growing global crisis.The number of incarcerated women is rising much faster than men and is expected to surpass one million on current trends. While on average women account for between 2% and 9% of national prison populations, since 2000 the number imprisoned has grown by 57%, compared with a 22% increase in the men’s prison population. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago How many women are in prison and on death row around the world? – in charts

While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offencesExperts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one millionMore than 733,000 women and girls are held in penal institutions globally, according to the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, either as pre-trial detainees or remand prisoners, or having been convicted and sentenced. The actual total is thought to be much higher, as figures for five countries are not available and those for China are incomplete. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Utah death row inmate with dementia dies while awaiting firing squad

A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent natural causes

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61 h. ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

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3 d. ago Death row inmate burst into flames and smoke came from hood in horror execution

John Louis Evans III, aged 33, was put to death in Alabama after killing a pawnbroker, and was eventually strapped into an electric chair chillingly dubbed "Yellow Mama"

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3 d. ago Death row inmate burst into flames and took 14 minutes to die in horror execution

John Louis Evans III was put to death in Alabama in 1983 after being convicted of killing pawnbroker Edward Nassar

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4 d. ago First woman to be executed on death row in 200 years for ‘parading love rival’s skull'

Christa Gail Pike, 49, was aged just 18 when she helped lure a woman to the woods and then bragged about the killing and has spent 27 years as the only woman on Tennessee’s death row

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4 d. ago 'Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer's Budget is simply buying more time on political death row'

The PM and Chancellor are hoping their Budget will save their skins, says Fleet Street Fox. They'll be lucky to make it past Christmas

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7 d. ago ‘Bloodbath’ prison where Death Row executions are botched and guards live in constant fear

The notorious William C. Holman Correctional Facility was described as ‘objectively unsafe’, a place where overcrowded lags do battle in scorching kitchens to stay alive

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8 d. ago Florida Death Row rapist's last meal as he tucks into fatty dinner before execution

Death Row Florida rapist Richard Barry Randolph, 63, was executed on Thursday evening but before he was able to utter his final words, he tucked into his last meal

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8 d. ago Florida rapist on death row for 36 years becomes record 17th to be executed this year

Florida has now more than doubled its previous record of executions in a year, after Richard Barry Randolph was punished by lethal injection for the brutal murder and rape of Minnie Ruth McCollum

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8 d. ago Death row inmate who killed his boss in brutal attack set for lethal injection in Florida’s 17th execution this year

The highest previous annual total of Florida executions was eight in 2014

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1 week ago ‘A sick spectacle’: counting down the final minutes on Oklahoma’s death row

Tremane Wood was prepared to die by lethal injection. A minute before he was to be put to death, a call came inAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionThe signature at the bottom of the email about witnessing an execution said cheerfully: “Oklahoma Corrections. We Change Lives!”I had received the email three weeks earlier. It explained that I was being invited to participate in a lottery, from which five media representatives would be selected to witness the execution of Tremane Wood in the Oklahoma state penitentiary on 13 November. I had never heard of Wood, who had been convicted of the murder of Ronnie Wipf, 19, in 2002. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Death row inmate found unconscious hours after life spared from lethal injection

Death-row inmate Termane Wood, 45, who was convicted for the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old during a botched robbery in 2002, was found unconscious in his cell after being reprieved

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