38 h. 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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42 h. ago Death Row prisoner's most basic final meal before execution for trooper's killing

Death Row prisoner Lance Shockley was convicted in 2009 of ambushing and fatally shooting Trooper Graham outside his home near Van Buren. His last words have been revealed

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45 h. ago Shock number of executions to take place this week in busiest month for 15 years

Four death row inmates are set to be executed in the US this week in what is the busiest month for the death penalty in nearly 15 years

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56 h. ago Florida man convicted of killing 2 women whose bodies were found in a pond is set to be executed

A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996 is scheduled to be executed

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59 h. ago Man who maintains innocence set to be executed for killing state trooper

Lance Shockley is set to be executed for killing a state trooper over 20 years ago

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62 h. ago Missouri man who maintains innocence set to be executed for killing state trooper

A Missouri man is set to be executed for killing a state trooper over 20 years ago

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6 d. ago What to know about Texas court's decision to pause Roberson's execution in shaken baby case

A Texas appeals court has paused the execution of Robert Roberson, who was set to be the first in the U.S. executed for a murder linked to shaken baby syndrome

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7 d. ago Texas court again pauses execution of man in ‘shaken baby’ case

Robert Roberson, who has maintained innocence in death of two-year-old daughter, gets third execution date stayedTexas’s top criminal court again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was scheduled to become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including an attempt nearly a year ago that was stopped by an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who believe he is innocent. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case

Texas’ top criminal court has again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he had been set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death in a shaken baby case

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8 d. 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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1 week ago Woman who slit teen's throat first to be executed by US state in over 200 years

Christa Gail Pike was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 for the brutal killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and now Tennessee's Supreme Court has finally set an execution date

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2 w. ago Premier League set to scrap PSR, says chief executive Richard Masters

PSR could be about to make way for a new squad-cost ratio system

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2 w. ago Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and 3 male inmates

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row

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2 w. ago Greggs calls for no ‘surprises’ in Budget as it raises prices this week

Chief executive Roisin Currie confirmed a set of price hikes would be taking place on its menu.

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2 w. ago Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing married couple in 1990 robbery is set to be executed

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a married couple during a 1990 robbery in South Florida is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening

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2 w. ago First woman on FBI's Most Wanted list dead at 78 after fleeing to Cuba

Assata Shakur has died in Cuba at the age of 78, and was the first woman to have made it on FBI's Most Wanted list after she was found guilty of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973

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2 w. ago Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78

Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prisonOn 25 September, Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, died aged 78 in Havana, Cuba, according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cuban officials cited the reason for her death as old age and health conditions. Shakur, a longstranding symbol of resistance and Black liberation, spent several decades exiled in Cuba after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison.“At approximately 1:15pm on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath,” her daughter Kakuya Shakur wrote on Facebook. “Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I’m feeling at this time.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arizona prisoner set to be executed apologizes, says he won’t seek clemency

An Arizona prisoner scheduled to be executed next month for killing four members of a family in their Phoenix home over 30 years ago has apologized for the pain he’s caused

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4 w. ago Record 12th execution set in Florida this year for man convicted of killing family

David Pittman to get lethal injection under DeSantis-signed warrant for killing estranged wife’s sister and parentsA Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday evening, which would be a record 12th execution in the state in 2025.David Pittman, 63, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The Republican governor has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Florida to reach record executions as lethal injection set for man who killed wife’s family

Two further executions are already slated for Florida this autumn

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