2 h. ago Killer inmates on America's harshest death row get rare privileges and incredible new perk

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal meals, TV time, prayer circles and - for the first time in decades - direct human contact

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5 h. ago America's harshest death row grants killer inmates incredible new perk

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Alvarez Medrano, 45, a Texas death row inmate, is among a select group of about a dozen prisoners chosen for a groundbreaking program.

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21 h. ago Killer adds more time to jail term after scissors blade found in HMP Shotts cell

Scott Pearson claimed he armed himself after death threats were made against him at top-security HMP Shotts.

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25 h. ago Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya on death row

Postponement of Nimisha Priya’s execution is only a temporary relief as efforts being made to secure pardon from victim’s kin

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31 h. ago Murderer's 14 last words as he's given lethal injection on Florida's death row

Michael Bernard Bell, who killed two people outside a bar in Florida more than 30 years ago, became the 26th person to be executed on death row in the US this year

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31 h. ago Florida death row killer executed for 1993 double murder in botched revenge shooting

Marking the United States' 26th execution of 2025, murderer Michael Bernard Bell was pronounced dead after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke

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46 h. ago Brit mum's horrifying final wish as she awaits firing squad on Bali death row

Lindsay Sandiford, 64, was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2013 after she was caught trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into Bali - and she has spent the last 12 years on death row

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47 h. ago Brit drug smuggling mum facing death by firing squad horrifying final wish

Lindsay Sandiford is the second Briton to face the death penalty in Indonesia after being caught with £1.6million worth of cocaine - she has spent the last 12 years on death row

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69 h. ago Evil killer who murdered and decapitated girlfriend in East Kilbride flat jailed for 23 years

Ewan Methven has been jailed for life for the murder of Phoenix Spencer-Horn.

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3 d. ago 'I was possessed by the spirit of a mass murder in a death row execution chamber'

BROCARDE'S TERRIFYING TRAVELS: The Daily Star's paranormal columnist BROCARDE shares her latest haunting adventures as she travels the globe looking for ghastliest places around

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6 d. ago Killer with DEMENTIA is set to be executed by firing squad as lawyers look to spare his life

Ralph Leroy Menzies is set to be executed by a Utah firing squad nearly 40 years after he brutally murdered Maurine Hunsaker.

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6 d. ago Murderer with dementia finally given execution date after 37 years on death row

Ralph Leroy Menzies has spent 37 years on death row after murdering mother-of-three Maurine Hunsaker in Utah in 1986, but the 67-year-old has now been given an execution date

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6 d. ago Judge schedules execution by firing squad for man with dementia who spent 37 years on death row

The Utah Attorney General’s Office has ‘full confidence’ in the judge's decision

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7 d. ago Utah judge schedules execution by firing squad for a man with dementia

A Utah judge has set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years

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7 d. ago Indian nurse convicted of killing business partner to be executed in Yemen on 16 July, says negotiator

Indian foreign ministry exploring diplomatic and legal avenues as clock ticks down to execution

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9 d. ago April Jones' killer Mark Bridger 'attacked by fellow inmate' at 'Monster Mansion' jail

April Jones was abducted and murdered by Bridger while playing near her home in Machynlleth

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1 week ago Fears death row triple murderer's heart implant could shock him 'over and over'

Death row inmate, Byron Black is set to be executed next month for a triple murder in 1987 - but his legal team fear his heart implant will make his end a 'gruesome spectacle'

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1 week ago Twist after 'completely evil' killer who served 19 years behind bars after strangling his ex

A killer who spent nearly two decades in jail for the brutal murder of his teenage ex-girlfriend has been charged with assaulting a second woman in a hotel room.

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1 week ago Lucy Letby lawyer claims killer nurse learned she faced more charges in jail 'gossip'

Britain's most prolific child killer discovered she was facing yet more charges over the deaths of multiple babies through chatter behind bars, her lawyer claims

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1 week ago 'We couldn't even see him, say goodbye, give him a kiss or hold his hand one last time'

John Shelton's killer has been jailed

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