41 h. ago Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction

New emails reveal ‘panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David TebbuttA Kenyan man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death over an attack on British tourists is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case.Ali Kololo was imprisoned for more than a decade in what his lawyers called “appalling conditions” before being released when his conviction was quashed in 2023. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Convicted terrorist who glorified Lee Rigby murder back behind bars

Royal Barnes was convicted in 2014 of inciting terrorism overseas and transmitting a terrorist publication following the murder of the soldier.

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4 d. ago Man murdered partner and blamed it on 'sex game gone wrong' after watching Fifty Shades of Grey

Alcywn Thomas, 44, has been found guilty of murder at Cardiff Crown Court after he chocked Victoria Thomas, 45, to death, after the couple had watched Fifty Shades of Grey

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4 d. ago Man who killed partner in what he claimed was 'sex game gone wrong' convicted of murder

Alcwyn Thomas has been convicted of murdering his partner Vicki Thomas

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6 d. ago Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murderA Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said.The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Men convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his home

Men convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his home  Evening Standard

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6 d. ago Museum burglars convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his east London home

Paul Allen, now 47, was left paralysed for life after six shots were fired into his kitchen

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6 d. ago Three men guilty of plotting to murder man convicted of Britain's largest cash robbery in East London

Three men guilty of plotting to murder man convicted of Britain's largest cash robbery in East London  My London

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6 d. ago Man accused murdering partner he says he killed in sex game gone wrong gives evidence

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, admits the manslaughter of Victoria "Vicki" Thomas, 45, at a house in Caerphilly Road, Heath but denies murder.

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7 d. ago A Texas woman was on death row for 27 years. But questions over a key witness could have her soon walk free from prison

Brittany Holberg’s murder conviction has been passed down to the district court after the prosecution failed to provide a key piece of evidence: their lead witness was a paid informant, James Liddell writes.

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8 d. ago Amanda Knox 'stripped and groped in jail' before Meredith Kercher murder conviction

Amanda Knox was arrested over the the killing of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, and claims that she was groped in jail by guards and had to strip for a male doctor

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8 d. ago ‘It’s a new kind of prison’: Amanda Knox on redemption, rage – and her unlikely friendship with the prosecutor who hounded her

Ten years ago she was finally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia. But is Knox really free?• ‘I call us the Sisterhood of Ill Repute’: read an exclusive extract from her new memoirAmanda Knox says she is one of the lucky ones. She and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had their convictions for the murder of Meredith Kercher overturned for the second and final time in 2015. She now presents a successful podcast called Labyrinths, is a TV producer and bestselling author, does standup comedy and campaigns against miscarriages of justice. She is married to Christopher Robinson, a writer, whom she adores, and they have two gorgeous toddlers. Life could not be much better or fuller. Her new book is called Free. But it could just as easily be called Still Not Free.Knox’s search for freedom has led her down surprising paths. Most surprising was her decision to write to and then befriend Giuliano Mignini, the conspiracy-theorist prosecutor who crea...

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1 week ago Arizona executes Aaron Gunches in state’s first execution in nearly two years

Death row inmate was convicted of the 2002 murder of Ted Price

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1 week ago Natalie Dormer to star in ITV drama about former royal aide convicted of murder

The four-part series about convicted killer Jane Andrews comes from the producers of Netflix series The Crown.

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1 week ago Evidence used to 'exonerate' notorious wife killer Dr Crippen has 'a number of issues': Expert calls for 115

Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged in November 1910 after being convicted of the murder of his wife Cora. Remains believed to be hers were found in his basement.

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1 week ago First ever US execution by nitrogen takes place as rapist and murderer put to death

The first ever execution by nitrogen in the US state of Louisiana has been carried out on Death Row prisoner Jessie Hoffman Jr, who was convicted of murder and rape

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1 week ago BREAKING Death Row man 'cruelly' executed in Louisiana as he was refused 'meditation'

Jessie Hoffman Jr was put to death by nitrogen in Louisiana today despite a late legal challenge from his lawyers. Hoffman spent 27 years on Death Row after he was convicted of first-degree murder

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1 week ago Death Row man 'cruelly' executed in Louisiana as he was refused 'meditation'

Jessie Hoffman Jr was put to death by nitrogen in Louisiana today despite a late legal challenge from his lawyers. Hoffman spent 27 years on Death Row after he was convicted of first-degree murder

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1 week ago Killer Jessie Hoffman's bizarre excuse for why he shouldn't be gassed to death as he races clock to stop execution planned for TONIGHT

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening for his conviction of the brutal 1996 rape and murder of 28-year-old accounting executive Mary 'Molly' Elliott.

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1 week ago Death row killer set for execution by 'inhumane' method banned for use on cats and dogs

Jessie Hoffman was convicted of rape and murder in 1996 but is now scheduled to be executed by the "inhumane" method of nitrogen gas, that Louisiana don't even allow for their pets

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