3 h. ago 5 botched Death Row executions with one so bad staff had '13 years of therapy'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: This week a Death Row inmate took four minutes to die after a firing squad failed to shoot him properly. But it was far from a one-off, as Daily Star shows with this grisly report

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10 h. ago Double murderer tells Dan Walker he is terrified by 'nightmare' every night on death row

Charles Thompson, who has been on Death Row for 25 years, spoke out about his life behind bars and his actions that lead him to be sentenced to death for murder

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11 h. ago Firing squad 'botched' death row execution as bullets all missed inmate's heart

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed on April 11 by firing squad. An autopsy has shown that Mahdi 'suffered' more than the estimated 10-15 second window he was supposed to

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13 h. ago Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly

An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he was supposed to after being shot in the heart by a firing squad

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23 h. ago Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute

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25 h. ago Death row inmate suffered 'excruciating' execution after making last meal 'mistake'

Wesley Ira Purkey, who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering 16-year-old Jennifer Long back in 1998.

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44 h. ago Dan Walker recalls terror at meeting death row inmate who knew him

Dan Walker has opened up on how filming his new death row series impacted him, revealing that an inmate knew who he was before they met.

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46 h. ago Death Row killer leaves Dan Walker terrified with chilling Strictly Come Dancing comment

Former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 where he finsihed fifth - but it was not something he expected to be brought up when meeting a Death Row inmate

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47 h. ago Dan Walker opens up on the 'most emotional programme he's ever worked on'

Dan Walker has opened up on the "most emotional programme" he's ever worked on, as he talks about the harsh realities of death row and meeting a cellmate who knew him

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56 h. ago Dan Walker's BBC Breakfast exit revisited after 'death threats' and 'grief' probe

As Dan Walker is set to star in a new documentary that will see him face a double murderer, we're taking a look back at his time on BBC Breakfast and the reasons why he decided to leave

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56 h. ago Murderer on death row in desperate plea to be spared execution as he has dementia

Ralph Leroy Menzies' dementia is so severe he doesn not understand why he is facing execution - nearly 40 years after murdering mother-of-three Maurine Hunsaker in Utah

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3 d. ago Wedding descends into bloodbath as two teens beaten to death after row over bread

A wedding celebration descended into chaos when a row broke out over tandoori flatbreads between the groom's cousin and a couple of teenagers - before the two teens were allegedly beaten to death with iron rods

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3 d. ago Pictured: US man accused of stabbing British trainee nurse, 23, to death 'in row over a cat' at Texas flat they shared as devastated university pays tribute to student 'motivated by love'

This is the first picture of a man accused of stabbing to death a British trainee nurse at their shared flat in Texas in a row over a cat.

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3 d. ago Roommate charged after London student nurse stabbed to death in US 'in row over cat'

Roommate charged after London student nurse stabbed to death in US 'in row over cat'  London Evening Standard

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3 d. ago Man charged after London student nurse stabbed to death in Texas 'in row over cat'

Tamilore Odunsi was days away from graduating from university when she was stabbed to death

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3 d. ago The stories behind all of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs' name changes as the hip

In the criminal indictment for this week’s sex trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the document lists the hip-hop mogul’s aliases

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4 d. ago Brit nurse stabbed to death in US had alleged 'row with roommate over cats' before death

Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, who moved from the UK to Texas to study nursing, was stabbed to death in her US home but she was allegedly attacked following a row with her roommate over their cats

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5 d. ago Death Row inmate cleared of tot's bathtub murder after case was 'built on junk science'

Jimmie Duncan spent nearly three decades on death row after being jailed for raping and drowning his girlfriend's toddler, but his conviction was overturned over questionable 'bite mark evidence'

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6 d. ago The execution that haunts prison worker 28 years later: Death row officer had therapy for a decade after horrific mishap filled cells with the smell of 'burning flesh'

Ron McAndrew witnessed executions using the electric chair in Florida, but one traumatising death never left him and the botched execution led to the prison ending the use of the electric chair.

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6 d. ago Man beat neighbour to death following row over closing a gate

Mr O’Neill was left with a bleed on the brain and died in hospital almost a fortnight lat

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