43 m. ago Fears death row triple murderer's heart implant could shock him 'over and over'

Death row inmate, Byron Black is set to be executed next month for a triple murder in 1987 - but his legal team fear his heart implant will make his end a 'gruesome spectacle'

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4 d. ago REVEALED: Tupac's friends and family smoked his ashes after rapper's death at 25

New details about the aftermath of Tupac Shakur's death are being revealed by former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight.

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4 d. ago Harvey Willgoose stabbed to death at school by fellow pupil 'after Snapchat row'

Harvey Willgoose, 15, died after he was stabbed through the heart at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield after allegedly having a row on Snapchat

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5 d. ago Voices: Glastonbury wouldn’t be Glastonbury without a political protest

The row over Bob Vylan’s ‘death chant’ ignores the truth about the festival’s deep political roots, says Mark Beaumont. Countercultural protests have always been a central part of its appeal

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5 d. ago Bob Vylan stripped of visas ahead of US tour after ‘death to the IDF’ Glastonbury chant sparks diplomatic row

Planned American tour plunged into chaos after US State Department revokes visas

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5 d. ago Bob Vylan face US tour ban after ‘death to the IDF’ Glastonbury chant sparks diplomatic row

The punk-rap duo’s Glastonbury set, which featured chants of ‘Death to the IDF’, has sparked outrage with US officials now reviewing their visa ahead of a planned American tour

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6 d. ago Inside Japan's secretive execution jails where death row inmates are given minutes notice before facing the noose

There is a chillingly theatrical element to how the condemned are executed in Japan - the only member of the G7 besides the US that still metes out capital punishment

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6 d. ago Wes Streeting tells Israel to get its own house in order amid Glastonbury ‘death chant’ row

Labour cabinet minister’s message to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government the strongest since the war in Gaza began

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9 d. ago ‘I watched innocent man die in Death Row gas chamber – his chilling last words still haunt me’

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is turning to illegal substances to kill inmates

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9 d. ago Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution

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9 d. ago Killer jailed for beating neighbour to death after row over closing a gate

A man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly neighbour in a row over shutting a gate.

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9 d. ago Man who beat pensioner to death over gate row jailed for 12 years

Trevor Gocan was sentenced for the fatal assault on Jim O’Neill, 74, over a gate being left open.

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9 d. ago Death Row man's chilling message to execution audience after polishing off McDonald's

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was given a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman almost 50 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter

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1 week ago Death Row killer's fried final meal with 'black cow' on the side before execution

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Rapist and killer executed on death row 30 years after crimes

Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was killed by lethal injection, more than 30 years after he raped and killed a woman.

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1 week ago Rapist and killer finally repents as he's executed on death row 30 years later

Thomas Lee Gudinas had been on death row at Florida State Prison near Starke since his conviction in 1995 of the rape and killing of Michelle McGrath in the southeastern state

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1 week ago Blind man stabbed flatmate to death after TV remote row got out of hand

Scott Thomson stabbed his flatmate Jamie Murray 'straight into his heart' during a row over a TV remote at their home in Manchester

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2 w. ago Blind man stabbed flatmate to death after row over TV remote got out of hand

Scott Thomson was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering his friend and housemate Jamie Murray

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