43 m. 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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5 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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10 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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11 h. ago Evil triple murderer's opulent last meal before he's shot by firing squad for 55 seconds

Stephen Bryant had pleaded with the governor to commute his sentence but was denied, resulting in his execution in a grisly method as the final details of his life were revealed

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18 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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19 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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34 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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3 d. ago Graeme Macrae Burnet on the island murders that inspired his new novel

When he found 130 handwritten pages of witness statements relating to a triple murder on the island of Benbecula in the 19th century, Graeme Macrae Burnet realised he had everything he needed to reconstruct a long-forgotten story, writes Susan Mansfield

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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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5 d. ago Sister of footballer JLloyd Samuel to challenge rejection of complaint into  star's death crash investigation

The sister of former Aston Villa and England U21 footballer JLloyd Samuel is challenging a review of the investigation into his death in a fireball car crash.

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5 d. ago Teenager who killed Harry Pitman, 16, after stabbing the schoolboy in the neck at New Year's Eve fireworks is jailed for at least 16 years

Areece Lloyd-Hall, 18, stabbed Harry Pitman in the neck after he accidentally bumped into another boy while playfighting on Primrose Hill in north London , a court heard.

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5 d. ago The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readableEvery reader of The Mushroom Tapes will open the book knowing that Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering three people – her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson – and of the attempted murder of Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. They will also know she was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years, and is now appealing against her conviction. Who among us hasn’t been roped into speculation about this family tragedy, the carcass of which has been picked over by pundits, amateurs and experts for years now?Over 11 long weeks, the baroque details of the trial of Erin Patterson were made immediately available to a ravenous public – including sightings of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, three of Australia’s most celebrated nonfiction writers, in ...

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8 d. ago ‘Erin Patterson remains mysterious to me’: Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper on the mushroom murders

Three of Australia’s most acclaimed writers have teamed up to write The Mushroom Tapes, about the weeks they spent at the triple-murder trial, picking apart lies, media ethics and evil“None of us wants to write about this. And none of us wants to not write about it.”The profound inner conflict of the three narrators begins on page two of The Mushroom Tapes and never quite resolves, lingering as an ethical tension that colours almost every page. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Two hospital deaths raise the toll from a retirement home fire in Bosnia to 13 dead

The death toll from a fire this week at a retirement facility in Bosnia has reached 13

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8 d. ago Death toll from UPS plane crash at Louisville airport rises to 13

Firm released names of the three victims on the plane and investigators confirmed plane’s left wing caught fireThe death toll in the explosion that saw a UPS cargo plane lose an engine and burst into flames, has risen to 13, Craig Greenberg, the Louisville mayor, has confirmed as UPS released the names of the three victims on the plane.“On my way to the Teamsters’ vigil, I learned of a 13th person that died as a result of the UPS flight 2976 plane crash. My heart is with the families, friends and colleagues of all who were lost in this week’s tragedy. We will get through this together,” Greenberg wrote in a social media post. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Stephen Bryant’s lawyers cite brain damage in final appeal to stop death row execution

Bryant is on death row for killing Willard “TJ” Tietjen in his home in October 2004

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9 d. ago Lawyers for Stephen Bryant make final appeal over brain damage to stop South Carolina execution

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are trying to stop his execution later this month

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9 d. ago Cargo plane crashed & exploded into fireball during takeoff after engine FELL OFF, investigators say as death toll rises

A UPS cargo jet that crashed and killed 12 people in Kentucky did so after one of its engines fell during takeoff, federal investigators confirmed. Airport security footage seen by officials showed the left engine detaching from the wing of the 34-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as it sped down the runway. Moments after taking off...

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9 d. ago Kentucky plane crash: death toll rises to 12 as officials investigate how engine detached

NTSB agents arrive in Louisville to investigate what caused engine to fall off UPS cargo plane and left wing to catch fireThe death toll from the UPS cargo plane that exploded into a fireball in Louisville on Tuesday night has risen to 12, said Craig Greenberg, the city’s mayor. At least 15 people were reported injured and “several individuals” were still unaccounted for, Greenberg said in a social media post.A federal investigator announced earlier Wednesday a UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off shortly after takeoff from the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, causing the plane to crash and explode into a fireball. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Desperate search resumes for 16 still missing after fireball UPS plane crash in Louisville as death toll continues to rise

The crash in Louisville, Kentucky involved a Hawaii-bound MD-11 plane

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