50 h. ago Texas rapper found guilty of San Antonio man's death, second murder conviction since 2019

A Texas rapper has been convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man in 2017

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3 w. ago Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murderA Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said.The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Arizona executes Aaron Gunches in state’s first execution in nearly two years

Death row inmate was convicted of the 2002 murder of Ted Price

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4 w. ago First ever US execution by nitrogen takes place as rapist and murderer put to death

The first ever execution by nitrogen in the US state of Louisiana has been carried out on Death Row prisoner Jessie Hoffman Jr, who was convicted of murder and rape

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4 w. ago BREAKING Death Row man 'cruelly' executed in Louisiana as he was refused 'meditation'

Jessie Hoffman Jr was put to death by nitrogen in Louisiana today despite a late legal challenge from his lawyers. Hoffman spent 27 years on Death Row after he was convicted of first-degree murder

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4 w. ago Death Row man 'cruelly' executed in Louisiana as he was refused 'meditation'

Jessie Hoffman Jr was put to death by nitrogen in Louisiana today despite a late legal challenge from his lawyers. Hoffman spent 27 years on Death Row after he was convicted of first-degree murder

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