7 h. ago The Mouthless Dead by Anthony Quinn review – murder most unsolvable

The author’s haunting and highly readable fictionalisation of a high-profile killing in prewar Liverpool is rich in legal and procedural detailIn 1931, William Herbert Wallace was first convicted and then acquitted on appeal of the murder of his wife, Julia. Her killer was never found and the case remains one of the most pored-over mysteries of the 20th century. Crime novelists including Dorothy L Sayers and PD James have written essays and books about it, and none other than Raymond Chandler, who knew a thing or two about unsolvable wickedness, described it as “the nonpareil of all murder mysteries... I call it the impossible murder because Wallace couldn’t have done it, and neither could anyone else.” Why would anyone murder an apparently nondescript, harmless woman? Anthony Quinn has now turned his attention to the case in his new novel; the result is intensely readable and, appropriately enough, indelibly haunting.Quinn’s masterstroke is not to focus on Wallace himself, a middle...

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13 h. ago Little boy, 7, in tears as he tells court mum murdered his sister

Amanda Lewis was convicted of murdering her seven-year-old daughter Adrianna Hutto.

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25 h. ago ‘Etched in my mind’: reporter describes South Carolina firing squad execution

Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press recalls experience of watching Brad Sigmon die for 2001 murdersA reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the killing was now “etched” in his mind.Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has seen 11 people killed using three methods, wrote a short essay about the experience. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago ‘Etched in my mind’: witness to South Carolina firing squad execution describes killing

Brad Sigmon was executed on Friday for the murders of his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the experience of witnessing the killing was now “etched” in his mind.Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has now seen 11 people killed using three different methods, wrote a short essay about the experience. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago 'Desert Killer' makes last ditch 'I'm innocent' declaration as Death Row execution nears

David Leonard Wood was convicted of murdering six girls and women in 1987 and yet, he is fighting to stop his upcoming execution on March 13 saying all the evidence was circumstantial

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47 h. ago Mother's fury as murderer jailed for strangling and mutilating her daughter after change to double jeopardy law could be moved to an open prison

William Dunlop strangled pizza delivery woman Julie Hogg in Billingham, County Durham, in 1989 and hid her mutilated body behind a bath panel where it lay undiscovered for more than two months.

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50 h. ago Trump breaks silence on calls to pardon George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin

President Donald Trump said Friday that he wasn't aware of the effort to have him pardon Derek Chauvin, the white police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd .

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55 h. ago Who is Brad Sigmon? The South Carolina death row inmate set for first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the electric chair would ‘burn and cook him alive’

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2 d. ago ‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed to go free despite standing murder conviction, judge rules

Hae Min Lee’s family opposed the ruling and asked the judge to maintain his life sentence

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3 d. ago Michigan woman convicted of murder in crash that killed 2 kids at a birthday party

A Michigan woman has been convicted of second-degree murder, nearly a year after she crashed her SUV at a boat club, killing two children at a birthday party

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3 d. ago Adnan Syed to stay free after judge decides on time served for his murder sentence in 'Serial' case

The man whose legal saga amassed a worldwide following of “Serial” podcast listeners will remain free even though his murder conviction still stands

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3 d. ago Kyle Clifford: Triple killer searched for Andrew Tate before rape and murders

Triple killer Kyle Clifford has been convicted of raping his ex-partner in an attack which saw him murder her and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher’s knife.

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3 d. ago Murderer whose conviction made legal history ‘should be moved to open prison’

William Dunlop was brought to justice after his victim’s mother campaigned for more than a decade to get the double jeopardy law changed.

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3 d. ago A South Carolina man is set to become the first executed by firing squad in 15 years

A South Carolina man convicted of murder is scheduled to be executed by firing squad Friday night

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3 d. ago Kyle Clifford: Triple killer searched for Andrew Tate's podcast before rape and murders

Triple killer Kyle Clifford has been convicted of raping his ex-partner in an attack which saw him murder her and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher’s knife.

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4 d. ago Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob

Kingsley Wilson disputed innocence of Leo Frank, widely agreed to have been wrongly convicted of girl’s 1913 murderThe Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned a past social media post by Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson that disputed the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman whom most historians agree was wrongfully convicted of killing a 13-year-old factory worker and lynched in 1915 during a wave of antisemitism in the US.“Leo Frank raped & murdered a 13-year-old girl. He also tried to frame a Black man for his crime,” Wilson wrote on X in response to an August 2024 tweet by the ADL marking the 109th anniversary of Frank’s lynching. “The ADL turned off the comments because they want to gaslight you.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago South Carolina court clears way for first execution by firing squad in 15 years

Lawyers for Brad Sigmon said he chose a death by firing squad because he thought lethal injection would be tortuousSouth Carolina’s supreme court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of convicted murderer Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for his execution by firing squad on Friday.Sigmon’s lawyers wanted to delay his death so they could get a fuller hearing in court to learn more information about the drug South Carolina uses in lethal injections. Sigmon said that lack of information forced him to choose to be shot to death. The state also has an electric chair, but Sigmon said he didn’t want to suffer being cooked alive by electricity. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gypsy Rose Blanchard admits harrowing life regret gave her 'lifelong sentence'

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, opened up about her regrets on a recent episode of Loose Women

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4 d. ago Gypsy Rose Blanchard says she has 'lifelong sentence' for Dee Dee's murder in Loose Women appearance

ITV Loose Women featured an interview with convicted murderer Gypsy Rose Blanchard on Wednesday.

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4 d. ago Loose Women viewers rage 'why the hell is she on here?!' as convicted murderer Gypsy Rose Blanchard joins panel

The 33-year-old served eight years after being convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Claudine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard.

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