7 h. 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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11 h. ago Killer rapist is the seventh inmate executed in Florida this year

Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Tuesday

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12 h. 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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12 h. ago Staff praised for doing 'fantastic job' before man executed for raping and killing woman outside bar

A total of 24 men have been put to death in the U.S. this year, with scheduled executions set to make 2025 the year with the most executions since 2015

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26 h. ago Why a DPD driver was REALLY hacked to death with a machete: Inside Sikh gang war fuelled by immigration that BBC didn't show in documentary

When DPD driver Aurman Singh was hacked to death in a 'cartel-style' execution in Shrewsbury, it was the culmination of months of bad blood between Skih gangs.

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4 d. ago Florida Gov. DeSantis on pace to break death penalty record with execution of mistaken

The state is on track to execute at least eight people within seven months

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6 d. ago A US senator’s X posts after the Minnesota shootings were horrific – and predictable | Austin Sarat

Mike Lee knows better than to turn tragedy into disinformation. But outrageousness has become the name of the gameNational tragedy used to bring national unity. If only momentarily, partisanship was put aside, and people of all political persuasions came together.No more. The nation received a startling reminder of that sad fact on Sunday when Republican senator Mike Lee went online to share his reaction to the weekend’s horrible shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Convicted rapist, 92, was identified as 'killer' of elderly widow fifty years after her death when 'his DNA was found on her skirt'

Ryland Headley, now 92, went on trial today accused of raping and murdering Louisa Dunne, 75, on the night of 27 June 1967.

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1 week ago 'Seventh circle of hell' death where man burned alive in 'worst execution ever'

The man's death was truly gruesome

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1 week ago Expert explains in horrifying detail what happens to your body when you're boiled to death

Boiling to death was a favoured method of execution for many a hot-headed despot in times gone by, but what happens to your body when it's plunged into scalding water?

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1 week ago South Carolina prepares for its 6th execution in 9 months with a man serving 2 death sentences

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders is scheduled to die by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months

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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 Oklahoma court clears the way for execution of a man convicted in a Tulsa woman's killing

An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection

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2 w. ago Brother of Jordanian pilot burnt alive in a cage in notorious ISIS execution reveals he begged air force to bomb house where he was being held 'to spare him an atrocious death'

The brutal killing took place sometime in late 2014 or early 2015 and sparked outrage internationally.

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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 Death row killer's chilling last words as he's executed for murdering mum

Anthony Wainwright was put on death row after abducting mum-of-two Carmen Gayheart, 23, from a supermarket car park in broad daylight, and killing her in Florida

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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 Man executed in US after beating woman to death almost 37 years ago

Gregory Hunt gave no final words but appeared to give a thumbs-up and peace sign before the nitrogen gas started flowing and he died from lack of oxygen to the brain.

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2 w. ago Murderer executed in US after beating woman to death almost 37 years ago

Gregory Hunt gave no final words but appeared to give a thumbs-up and peace sign before the nitrogen gas started flowing and he died from lack of oxygen to the brain

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