95 m. ago Four guards sentenced in beating death of handcuffed Black man at New York prison

Brooks had been serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault

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16 h. ago 4 guards sentenced in brutal beating death of an incarcerated Black man at New York prison

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on bodycam videos were each Friday to prison

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32 h. ago North Korean soldier 'beaten to death by superiors' for failing to collect fuel

The soldier was reportedly beaten into unconsciousness and left for dead after failing to source enough fuel, with the death shining a spotlight on corruption and bullying in the army

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43 h. ago Beloved father, 50, beaten to death by stranger on Hawaii's most iconic paradise beach

Christian Alejandro Coronel, a father of three, was fatally beaten in an unprovoked attack on Waikiki Beach, where he had just moved for his job.

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3 d. ago 'Beast of Birkenhead' says cops beat out confession before he was wrongly jailed

Peter Sullivan was wrongly convicted over the brutal murder of Diane Sindall, in 1986, after she was attacked and beaten to death during a frenzied sexual attack

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3 d. ago Moscow passes laws to boost defences against Ukrainian strikes

Vladimir Putin authorises the guarding of fuel sites by reservists, internet blackouts and tighter sentencing for acts of sabotageRussia has passed sweeping laws to bolster its defences at home against Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage operations, reflecting the Kremlin’s expectation of a protracted war with Ukraine.Almost four years into Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine – a full-scale invasion he expected to last only weeks – Moscow is being targeted almost daily by Ukrainian drones striking energy facilities, while Ukrainian operatives have assassinated a number of high-profile Russian military figures deep inside the country. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Justice for Irishman beaten to death in London for his groceries

Justice for Irishman beaten to death in London for his groceries  The Irish Times

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7 d. ago Mum dances for TikTok video days after brutally beating her daughter, 3, to death

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nicola Priest was jailed for 15 years for killing three-year-old Kaylee-Jayde Priest, who she called a "little b****" and a "rat" before launching the vicious assault

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9 d. ago ‘Every account is slightly different’: who were the real Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday?

A new book, Brothers of the Gun, explores the unlikely friendship between a complicated lawman and a cursed gamblerThere’s a famous line from a John Ford western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Mark Lee Gardner is a leading historian of the old west whose new book, Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone, concerns two major figures in such history. He doesn’t like Ford’s line.“Every historian uses it, they just beat it to death,” Gardner says cheerfully, by video from Bozeman, Montana. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Belmarsh prisoner beaten to death with table leg killed by 'known racist'

Sundeep Ghuman's injuries were compared to those resulting from a car accident, with his mum Harpal saying he was killed in a 'brutal and merciless' attack at HMP Belmarsh

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1 week ago 'I survived a botched execution, it was the most horrifying 45 minutes of my life'

Thomas Creech was already serving a life term when he beat another prisoner, 22-year-old David Dale Jensen, to death in 1981 - a crime for which he was to be executed

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1 week ago Evil parents who beat newborn baby to death laughed after taking tiny corpse to hospital

Hilary Johnson II, 24, and Z'ibreyea S. Parker, 22, were both caged for a combination of 29 years on Friday.

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2 w. ago Adorable little boy didn't stand a chance after being born to underage prostitute mother, murder trial hears

Jamari Madkins, two, was tragically beaten to death on December 7, 2022 in Oakland, California. His alleged killer is believed to be his then 17-year-old mother's reported pimp, Keonte Harris, now 25.

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2 w. ago Pensioner, 87, beaten to death in north London for bag containing cottage pie and cornflakes, court told

John Mackey was allegedly targeted by unemployed Peter Augustine after he visited a Co-op store in Manor House

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3 w. ago Husband slaughtered wife in front of their 3 kids, then made them 'clean up blood'

Joshua Brown pleaded guilty to the 2020 killing of his wife, Shawntae Brown, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he beat her to death with a belt, a shoe, a flagpole and a handgun

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3 w. ago Teens beat man, 51, to death with gin bottle then snapped a selfie in central London

Teens beat man, 51, to death with gin bottle then snapped a selfie in central London  East London Advertiser

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3 w. ago The smiling selfie killers: Teenage girl gangsters laugh and sing after beating 51

The teenage killers posed for smiling photographs both before and after the brutal murder and shared a video singing and laughing in a car.

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3 w. ago New inquest rules South African Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was beaten to death in 1967

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death

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3 w. ago Daughter, 63, beat mother, 91, to death with a hammer before taking her own life by jumping out of bedroom in murder

Karen Wilshaw, 63, killed 91-year-old pensioner Joyce Wilshaw by repeatedly striking her in the head before jumping out the window at their home in the village of Cheadle, Staffordshire.

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3 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson be sent to prison, as the former Duke of York's biographer claims?

The former Duke and Duchess of York , who divorced in 1996 after a troubled 10-year marriage, continue to come under intense scrutiny over their ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein .

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