1 hour ago Evil triple murderer Stephen Bryant who scrawled chilling message in his victim’s blood executed by firing squad

A TRIPLE murderer has been executed by firing squad in front of his victims' relatives, two decades after his violent rampage. Stephen Bryant, 44, admitted to killing Willard "TJ" Tietjen, 62, in October 2004, after stopping by his secluded home in Sumter County, claiming to have car trouble. Bryant also murdered two other men -...

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6 h. ago Triple murderer Stephen Bryant's last meal before choosing death by firing squad

Stephen Bryant went on a five day murder spree in rural South Carolina in 2004 and has spent 20 years on death row - on Friday he was executed by firing squad

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12 h. ago Triple murderer chooses firing squad execution as state's third by deadly method this year

Stephen Bryant chose to die by firing squad after spending 21 years on death row.

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19 h. ago Triple murderer chooses gruesome way to die after 20 years on death row

Stephen Bryant became only the third person to die by firing squad in the state of South Carolina this year — as the lethal injection or the electric chair are often preferred

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21 h. ago South Carolina executes man by firing squad, in state’s third such killing in year

Stephen Bryant, 44, convicted over 2004 murder, was shot dead despite growing backlash against ‘barbaric’ methodSouth Carolina executed a man by firing squad on Friday, marking the third time the state has used gunfire to kill a person on death row despite growing backlash against the method.Stephen Bryant, 44, had been sentenced to death for the October 2004 killing of Willard “TJ” Tietjen and pleaded guilty to two other murders. Bryant’s lawyers had argued in final appeals that the sentencing judge had been unable to consider his brain damage from his mother’s alcohol and drug use during pregnancy, but South Carolina’s supreme court declined to halt the execution on Monday. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Catholic bishops condemn Trump administration’s immigration enforcement – US politics live

US Conference of Catholic Bishops issues rare condemnation of president immigration crackdown and calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with news that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of president Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and advocated for “meaningful immigration reform.”Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed. The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga ba...

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35 h. ago South Carolina murderer faces firing squad execution as clemency decision looms

Stephen Bryant killed three people in the span of five days

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40 h. ago South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed by firing squad

A man on death row in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed by firing squad

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52 h. ago Trump faces prospect of congressional vote on releasing Epstein files

President’s attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw backing for vote appear to have failedDonald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga base against him. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘He did it’: Alex Murdaugh’s housekeeper reveals the moment she realized he had murdered his wife and son

The South Carolina attorney is currently serving two consecutive life sentences in prison for the 2021 murders

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4 d. ago Triple murderer to be killed by firing squad after terrorizing town and leaving taunting messages for police in victim’s blood

Bryant will be the third man executed by firing squad in South Carolina this year

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4 d. ago South Carolina court rejects death row appeal days before execution

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one of the victim's blood

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5 d. ago 'Wicked' husband who tried to murder wife by setting fire to her home as she slept jailed for 30 YEARS

Nicholas Martin tried to murder his wife Emma

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6 d. ago Man found 'murdered' at nature reserve pictured as cops probe 'significant fire'

Ernest Konrad Deputat, 45, has been pictured by police investigating his death - this is a breaking news story

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6 d. ago Florida man accused of killing two children, aged 7 and 9, and setting a mobile home on fire

John Henry Walston, 27, set fire to the home in Escambia County before fleeing the scene

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7 d. ago South Carolina pays estate of patient who died following days in agony after surgeons left a blade inside him

Jeffrey Alan Fulcher, a 58-year-old husband and father of three, died after a minimally invasive surgery

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8 d. ago Outrage as 300 'healthy' ostriches are executed by firing squad after infectious disease claims

The farm owners told Daily Mail that the ostriches' corpses are lying under tarps inside the pen where authorities shot hundreds of bullets overnight, killing around 338 birds..

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8 d. ago How friends in South Carolina are restoring a wetland and bringing their neighborhood together

Joel Caldwell and two friends have been working to improve wetlands in Charleston, South Carolina

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8 d. ago Killer executed by firing squad's chilling last words before harrowing death

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Brad Sigmon was executed on death row after smashing the parents of his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat. He issued a chilling plea before his execution

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8 d. ago Harrowing final words of killer executed by firing squad before gruesome death

Brad Keith Sigmon carried out a brutal double murder after a night of drinking and smoking crack cocaine - telling a friend he'd get back at his girlfriend "for leaving him"

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