5 h. ago Death Row inmate of 48 years ate chicken tenders and a root beer float before execution

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He was one of several people on Mississippi's death row suing the state over its three-drug execution protocol, which they claim is inhumane

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5 h. ago Mississippi executes inmate who’s been on death row almost half a century

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary after being on death row since 1976

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8 h. ago Family disputes official account of Nevada inmate's death, alleging excessive force and a cover

The family of a Nevada inmate who died in custody in December 2023 is disputing the official account of his death

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1 week ago Death row inmate executed for 1999 brutal murder of elderly woman says he's "not evil"

John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was sentenced to death after he was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping and killing a Tulsa woman in 1999, but his exection was expedited by the Trump administration

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1 week ago Death row inmate's strange final act of defiance before he was executed for raping and murdering young mom

Anthony Wainwright, 54, had been so terrified of dying in the days leading up to his execution that Reverand Jeff Hood flew from Arkansas to Florida to be by his side in his final hours.

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2 w. ago Murderer makes a chilling last hand gesture before convulsing as he's suffocated to death in 'cruel' nitrogen mask execution in Alabama

An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation's sixth execution by nitrogen gas.

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2 w. ago Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate ask a court to stop his execution

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying out executions

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2 w. ago Death row inmate made haunting final hand symbol before being executed for killing a woman

An Alabama man who was executed yesterday for the 1988 murder of a woman made a chilling final hand gesture before being put to death with nitrogen gas.

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2 w. ago Death row inmate who savagely murdered his girlfriend gave a peace sign in final moments

Before his execution today, Gregory Hunt had spent more time on death row than his victim Karen Lane was alive as he became one of the longest-standing inmates on Alabama's death row

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2 w. ago My last words to Death Row inmate who murdered my sister in cold blood

Carmen Gayheart was loading groceries into the back of her blue Ford Bronco when she was ambushed in the parking lot of a Florida Winn-Dixie. Her body was found five days later.

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2 w. ago Oklahoma prosecutors seek retrial for death row inmate Richard Glossip

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss

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2 w. ago Death row inmate's last meal caused so much fury prisoners now can't pick final food

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for kidnapping and killing James Byrd Jr, but not before he ordered a whopper of a final meal including two chicken steaks, a cheeseburger and a pound of ice cream

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2 w. ago The death row inmate's last meal that sparked such fury prisoners are no longer allowed to choose what they eat before execution

White supremacist Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 after he was convicted of helping to kill a black man by dragging him behind a truck.

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2 w. ago Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

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2 w. ago 'Musk and Trump's row of the century could spell tears for Orange Manbaby's Presidency'

Wardy's Wagers: Britain's funniest tipster claims Eastenders-style break up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump brings a top betting opportunity - and our man gives the best runs for your money at Epsom

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3 w. ago Exonerated US death row inmate turned campaigner dies in Irish house fire

Sunny Jacobs died following the blaze at the Sunny Healing Centre in rural Co Galway.

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3 w. ago Trump launches investigation into Biden’s use of autopen to pardon family and inmates

An invetigation will focus on pardons granted to Biden family members and inmates on death row

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3 w. ago Former New York prison guard pleads guilty in connection with inmate's beating death

A former correction officer has pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors call a coverup of the beating death of an upstate New York prison inmate by fellow guards

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3 w. ago South Carolina inmate chooses to die by lethal injection amid concerns about firing squad

South Carolina death row inmate Stephen Stanko has chosen to die by lethal injection after his lawyers say he is troubled by what appeared to be a lingering death of the last person in the state who was killed by firing squad

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3 w. ago Chilling CCTV shows killer lags leaving cell after battering prisoner to death

The moment two grinning prisoners coldly left a fellow inmate's cell after battering him to death at a new prison was captured on chilling CCTV footage and shown to a court

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