27 h. ago US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

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4 d. ago Murderer James Osgood apologies for killing but is still executed on death row

James Osgood raped and murdered Tracy Lynn Brown in Chiltern County, Alabama, crimes for which he said he deserved to die before he was given a lethal injection

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4 d. ago Murderer James Osgood apologises for killing but is still executed on death row

James Osgood raped and murdered Tracy Lynn Brown in Chiltern County, Alabama, crimes for which he said he deserved to die before he was given a lethal injection

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5 d. ago Murderer gives emotional last words minutes before death row execution

Moises Sandoval Mendoza stangled and stabbed his victim and left the body in a stream.

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5 d. ago Alabama to execute man who asked for his death sentence to stop ‘wasting everybody’s time’

The prisoner will join approximately one in ten people on death row in America who ask for their own executions

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5 d. ago Callous murderer's emotional last words before he's executed by injection on death row

Moises Sandoval Mendoza was pronounced dead 19 minutes after receiving an injection at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, where he had been held for the murder of a young mum

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6 d. ago Death Row killer begging to be executed finally gets 'eye for an eye' wish tomorrow

James Osgood is set to receive a lethal injection in Alabama tomorrow (April 24) after he admitted murdering a woman in 2010, and has said he wants to be killed

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6 d. ago Pensioner 'beaten to death by Covent Garden neighbour in row over shutting a gate'

Jim O’Neill died after being punched by a neighbour in a row over shutting the front gate to their estate, a court heard

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7 d. ago JK Rowling unleashes on shameless politicians who refuse to apologise for 'siding with the issuers of death and rape threats' against trans row campaigners

The Harry Potter author, 59, said she is 'one of millions of women disgusted' and vowed she would not forget.

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8 d. ago Death row brothers who spent 23 hours a day in a box over murders are given new sentence

Thinkwell Moyo and Fred Dube brutally murdered a taxi driver by cutting his throat and stabbing him repeatedly before leaving him in a shallow grave with his head 'hanging loosely'

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9 d. ago Bali death row drug mule nan Lindsay Sandiford gets 'cuddles and kisses' in prison reunion

Lindsay Sandiford, a Brit drug mule, who has been banged up in an Indonesian hell hole prison for the last 12 years awaiting execution has had an emotional visit from her family

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9 d. ago Brit on death row in Bali for drug smuggling reunites with family

British cocaine trafficker Lindsay Sandiford, 67, has spent over 12 years on death row in Bali's Kerobokan jail, but new laws in Indonesia have given her hope of freedom.

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9 d. ago Bali death row drug mule nan Lindsay Sandiford in heartbreaking prison reunion

Death row drugs mule Lindsay Sandiford shared "cuddles and kisses" with her grandchildren for the first time in years as they visited her in prison

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9 d. ago Death row drugs gran hugs grandchildren for the first time as family visit Bali hellhole prison

Lindsay Sandiford, 67, has spent 12 years awaiting execution by firing squad at the notorious Kerobokan Prison, having been found attempting to smuggle cocaine into the Indonesian island.

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9 d. ago Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including three entire buckets of KFC and a single, pitted olive

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.

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1 week ago Revealed: Weirdest death row meals for predators including an entire bucket of KFC and a single strawberry

A final meal represents the last bit of power the world's worst killers will ever wield - and invites wild combinations, grand over-indulgence and statements of fury against the law.

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1 week ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

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1 week ago Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers

These are just the US executioners we know. But they are a chilling indication of the executioners we don’t knowBeing an executioner is not the sort of job that gets posted in a local wanted ad. Kids don’t dream about being an executioner when they grow up, and people don’t go to school for it. So how does one become a death row executioner in the US, and who are the people doing it?This was the question I couldn’t help but ask when I began a book project on lethal injection back in 2018. I’m a death penalty researcher, and I was trying to figure out why states are so breathtakingly bad at a procedure that we use on cats and dogs every day. Part of the riddle was who is performing these executions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cop killer's final act of defiance before being shot dead by prison firing squad in violent execution

Mikal Mahdi, with a hood over his head, cried out as the three bullets to the heart hit him and his arms flexed. A red bull's-eye that was placed over his heart was pushed into the bullet wound in his chest.

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2 w. ago Violent murderer on death row Mikal Mahdi picks rare execution method

Mikal Mahdi gorged on ribeye steak, mushroom risotto, broccoli, collard greens, cheesecake and sweet tea as a his last meal on death row in South Carolina before he was executed

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