17 h. ago Furious final words of death row's oldest inmate as he is executed for murdering his estranged wife and sons

Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

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20 h. ago Death row inmate executed 33 years after killing family but claims innocence in final words

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders in 1989

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20 h. ago Death row fiend executed with chilling last 4 words 33 years after killing family

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders in 1989

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55 h. ago Death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed in South Carolina

The inmate appears to want to die himself after his best friend was executed in January

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56 h. ago South Carolina death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed

A South Carolina inmate whose best friend and four other inmates have been put to death in less than a year appears to want to die himself

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3 d. ago Witness to death row execution gives chilling account of inmate's final moments

Benjamin Ritchie became the second person executed in Indiana in 15 years on Tuesday as, more than two decades after killing a police officer, the inmate was given a lethal injection

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3 d. ago The last words and final meal of man executed over killing of an Indiana police officer

Benjamin Ritchie put to death by lethal injection over killing of Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in 2000

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3 d. ago Death row cop killer executed by lethal injection as last words and final meal revealed

Benjamin Ritchie was given a lethal injection more than 20 years after his crime in a so-called 'sunrise execution' – he was denied a last minute stay of execution by the courts

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7 d. ago Death Row 'Casanova Killer's' final words give shoutout to Trump and hint at dark secret

Glen Rogers, 62, has been executed after languishing on Death Row for nearly 30 years ago for murdering two mums in separate incidents but made a final wish to Trump before his death

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8 d. ago Over 20 prisoners to be executed across America this year – a look back at their cases

States across the US continue to use capital punishment

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2 w. ago 5 botched Death Row executions with one so bad staff had '13 years of therapy'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: This week a Death Row inmate took four minutes to die after a firing squad failed to shoot him properly. But it was far from a one-off, as Daily Star shows with this grisly report

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2 w. ago Firing squad 'botched' death row execution as bullets all missed inmate's heart

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed on April 11 by firing squad. An autopsy has shown that Mahdi 'suffered' more than the estimated 10-15 second window he was supposed to

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2 w. ago Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly

An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he was supposed to after being shot in the heart by a firing squad

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2 w. ago Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute

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2 w. ago Death row inmate suffered 'excruciating' execution after making last meal 'mistake'

Wesley Ira Purkey, who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering 16-year-old Jennifer Long back in 1998.

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2 w. ago Murderer on death row in desperate plea to be spared execution as he has dementia

Ralph Leroy Menzies' dementia is so severe he doesn not understand why he is facing execution - nearly 40 years after murdering mother-of-three Maurine Hunsaker in Utah

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2 w. ago The execution that haunts prison worker 28 years later: Death row officer had therapy for a decade after horrific mishap filled cells with the smell of 'burning flesh'

Ron McAndrew witnessed executions using the electric chair in Florida, but one traumatising death never left him and the botched execution led to the prison ending the use of the electric chair.

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3 w. ago Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25

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3 w. ago Death Row killer hours away from execution despite 'Gulf War brain damage' claim

Jeffrey Hutchinson murdered his girlfriend and her three children in their home while her eldest son watched and is set to be executed on May 1, but his lawyers are trying to stop it

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4 w. ago Luigi Mangione to appear in federal court over killing of healthcare chief

Murder suspect, charged separately in state court, could face death penalty if convicted over Brian Thompson deathLuigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in Manhattan federal court on Friday for arraignment on charges that he tracked and murdered the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, late last year.Mangione, 26, could face the death penalty in a case that shocked America for the killing of a top business executive on New York’s streets but also triggered an outpouring of anger against America’s for-profit healthcare industry. Continue reading...

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