2 h. ago Death row inmate apologizes for rape and murder of college student before being executed in Tennessee

Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, died by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, 20.

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7 h. ago Serial rapist who murdered college student in 1988 executed in Tennessee

A spiritual adviser prayed with him in the execution chamber

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21 h. ago Serial rapist who murdered student set to be executed in Tennessee

His attorneys unsuccessfully sought to have his sentence commuted to life in prison

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26 h. ago Tennessee to execute a man who confessed to 1980s rapes and a murder

Tennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Karen Pulley

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56 h. ago Tennessee governor won't intervene to stop latest execution by lethal injection

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will not intervene to prevent the execution of Harold Wayne Nichols, who is scheduled to die on Thursday by lethal injection

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3 d. ago Scrapping of jury trials will do ‘next to nothing’ for rape victims – Jenrick

Jury trials will be reserved for offences such as murder and rape, and those with a likely sentence of more than three years in prison, under plans.

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4 d. ago David Lammy faces new Labour backlash over 'undemocratic' plan to cut jury trials

The Justice Secretary was accused of weaking the system's ability to democratically serve the nation with a proposal to only have juries try the most serious of charges like murder and rape.

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5 d. ago ‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries

David Lammy’s plans to cut the the number of jury trials in England and Wales. A defendant, a victim, a barrister, a KC, a judge and a juror have concernsThis week the justice secretary, David Lammy, announced sweeping changes to the criminal justice system that will significantly reduce the number of jury trials in England and Wales. Under the radical plans, jury trials will be reserved for cases in “indictable-only” offences such as murder or rape, and “either-way” offences (those where the defendant can currently decide whether they will be tried by a jury or magistrates), with a likely sentence of more than three years in prison.While Lammy backed down on plans to remove jury trials for all cases involving a maximum jail term of five years, the move has led to an outcry from MPs, lawyers and campaigners. The Guardian spoke to a range of people who have seen juries’ work close up about their experiences and the proposals. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Libyan man accused of murder, rape, and torture appears at the ICC

A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes at a Tripoli prison has appeared before judges at the International Criminal Court

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8 d. ago The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures | Joan Smith

So many reviews, so much hand-wringing, yet misogyny in England and Wales’s police forces and impunity for offenders remains the normHow do we get sexual predators out of the country’s police forces? It was one of the most urgent questions asked in 2021 when a serving police officer, PC Wayne Couzens, was charged with the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. In the first report of Elish Angiolini’s inquiry into this dreadful sequence of events, published in February last year, she made the eminently sensible recommendation that any individual with a caution or conviction for a sexual offence should be rejected during police vetting.It seemed the very least that should happen, yet we’ve learned from Lady Angiolini’s second report this week that the recommendation has yet to be implemented. She reveals that it took 18 months after publication for police chiefs to agree a blanket ban on recruits who have convictions, and even then it wasn’t included in draft Home Office regulat...

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9 d. ago Sarah Everard’s mother ‘still full of rage’ over daughter’s rape and murder

Sue Everard speaks of ‘torment’ as a report finds women and girls are being failed

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1 week ago Judges would be at risk of intimidation by criminal gangs if majority of jury trials are axed, top barrister warns

Justice Secretary David Lammy is expected to unveil plans to limit jury trials to serious offences such as murder, manslaughter, rape or terrorism.

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1 week ago Rapist and murderer speaks fluently for 'minutes' after lethal injection

Brian David Steckel was convicted of the horrific rape and murder of 29-year-old Sandra Lee Long in 1994

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1 week ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in botched execution

Clayton Lockett was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman

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2 w. ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in 'tortured to death' execution

Clayton Lockett was subjected to a botched execution after he was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping

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2 w. ago Labour does not trust public, says Jenrick amid reports of more jury

Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the courts system has recommended juries are reserved for rape, murder and manslaughter cases.

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2 w. ago Labour does not trust public, says Jenrick amid reports of more juryless trials

Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the courts system has recommended juries are reserved for rape, murder and manslaughter cases.

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2 w. ago Man cleared of murdering Jill Dando faces Old Bailey hearing in child rape case

Barry George appeared on a videolink for the Old Bailey hearing in his rape case

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2 w. ago Jury trials to be scrapped except for murder, rape and manslaughter cases as David Lammy tries to tackle court backlog with major justice overhaul

Mr Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, wrote in a memo to other ministers and senior civil servants that there was 'no right' to jury trials in the UK.

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2 w. ago MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases

The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...

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