57 m. ago UK's last death penalty victim as calls grow for return of capital punishment

Polling shows that 50% of Brits support the reintroduction of capital punishment and 42% of the public say it should be typical sentence when it comes to murder

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1 hour ago Man accused of shooting two people tells police 'a cockroach told me to do it'

Officers were allegedly told by a suspect accused of shooting two men that a "cockroach ordered" him to do it. The US man is now facing murder charges after being apprehended by authorities

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3 h. ago Suspect accused of killing mother of his children and smuggling her body into Mexico to dump it

Mexican prosecutors said the suspect has been identified as Erik N., an undocumented immigrant who had been living in the US for more than 20 years

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4 h. ago Starmer shuts down Lowe’s calls for a referendum on the death penalty: ‘It is not the answer’

Sir Keir Starmer has shut down Rupert Lowe’s recommendation that the death penalty be reintroduced for foreign criminals.

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence on bringing death penalty back to UK

Independent MP Rupert Lowe asked Sir Keir Starmer to put the reintroduction of the death penalty before the public in the form of a legally binding referendum in the wake of 'brutal murders'

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33 h. ago Israeli parliament backs death penalty bill targeting Palestinians

Bill passed by 39 votes to 16 but must clear two more parliamentary votes to become law

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44 h. ago Murderer has gruesome decision to make 35 years after raping and killing student

Harold Wayne Nichols was given the death penalty in 1990 after raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a 21-year-old student at Chattanooga State University in Tennessee

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3 d. ago Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least seven

Volodymr Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow after 45 missiles and 450 drones launched at UkraineRussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure in three regions, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia had launched more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, most of which were shot down. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least four

Power infrastructure the main target but Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow as civilian casualties riseRussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and damaging energy infrastructure in three separate regions, according to Ukrainian officials.Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, most of which were shot down. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian court jails Russian soldier for killing PoW in landmark sentence

The soldier is the first to be jailed for such a crime after being found guilty of shooting dead a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in Zaporizhzhia region. What we know on day 1,353See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war – the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges. The court in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia found Dmitry Kurashov, 27, guilty of shooting dead Vitalii Hodniuk, a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in January 2024 when his dugout was captured by Russian forces. Kurashov, who was taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces along with other Russian troops soon after and pleaded guilty in court, although he later told reporters he was innocent and wanted to be exchanged in a prisoner swap. He told Reuters after the ruling on Thursday that he did not plan to appeal. The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said criminal...

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6 d. ago Death row drug mule gran seen for the first time since jail release

Lindsay Sandiford was given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia.

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6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford seen for first time in DECADE as she leaves jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford, 69, seen for first time in DECADE leaving jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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7 d. ago Emotional moment Aussie facing the death penalty after he was accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali hugs his family outside court

Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, gave his testimony in Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

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8 d. ago Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in prison 43 years after rampage

George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the U.S., has died

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9 d. ago British train 'knifeman' is pictured for the first time: Suspect, 32, appears in court accused of train rampage that left 11 hurt and another attack in London hours earlier

Anthony Williams, 32, of Peterborough, has appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court charged with 11 counts of attempted murder.

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1 week ago SAS create elite unit of snipers to take out high profile enemy targets

EXCLUSIVE: The targets include senior commanders and the move follows the success of SAS trained Ukrainian snipers who have killed dozens of Russian officers

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2 w. ago Ukraine mourns two journalists after a deadly Russian drone strike claimed their lives

Around 100 people have gathered at a church in Kyiv to honor two Ukrainian journalists killed by a Russian drone strike

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson says people who drop litter should be shot by snipers in trees

The Clarkson's Farm host says racists and paedophiles aren't at the top of his hate list - it's litterers. He has advocated bringing back the death penalty for lazy folk who don't use bins

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2 w. ago Russian drone attack on Kyiv leaves three people dead and dozens wounded, mayor says

Vitali Klitschko says six children hurt in overnight attack that sparked fires in apartment buildingsAn overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed three people and wounded dozens, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital has said.The head of Kyiv’s military administration said early on Sunday that “several” Russian drones were operating over the city, and warned people to “remain in shelters”. Continue reading...

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