1 week ago Man says 'I didn’t kill anybody' in last words before he's executed on death row

Anthony Boyd had this week begged for authorities to reconsider his execution, which had been scheduled for around 30 years since his conviction for the murder of Gregory Huguley.

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1 week ago Ruth Ellis' grandchildren call for posthumous pardon for last woman to be hanged in Britain saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her lover before she shot him dead

The nightclub hostess, was executed on July 13, 1955, aged 26 after being convicted of murdering her lover, racing driver David Blakely.

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1 week ago Grandchildren of last woman to be hanged in Britain seek posthumous pardon

Ruth Ellis was executed on 13 July 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover, David Blakely.

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2 w. ago Mississippi is set to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

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3 w. ago Indiana man convicted in 2001 rape and murder of teenager to be executed by lethal injection

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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3 w. ago Indiana set to execute man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of small

Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

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3 w. ago Robert Roberson remains hopeful as he faces another execution date in shaken baby syndrome case

Robert Roberson hopes he will again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome

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