12 h. ago US cop admits to stomped on mentally ill inmate who later died of injuries

Carl Lofton Carpenter pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of Anthony 'Tony 'Mitchell

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25 h. ago Deputy stomped on genitals of mentally ill man who suffered agonizing death in custody, say prosecutors

A mentally ill man had his genitals forcefully stomped on by abusive police before being left to die in agony in jail, according to prosecutors.

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56 h. ago Staff at British jail where 17 inmates died in just one year 'laughed at beating prisoners and joked about self

The messages allegedly show staff members at HMP Parc in Bridgend, south Wales, mocking one inmate who had self harmed as 'daft' and boasting of 'punching the f*** into' another.

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7 d. ago South Carolina inmate chooses to die by firing squad like the last condemned inmate before him

A second South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets

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2 w. ago Death row inmate Aaron Brian Gunches can't wait to die after waiting 17 years for the lethal injection

Most death row inmates are begging for a last minute reprieve. But Arizona killer Aaron Brian Gunches has been begging to be executed for nearly 20 years.

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2 w. ago The death row inmate who can't wait to die and has been waiting YEARS for his lethal injection

Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was convicted of murder in 2007 after he kidnapped and gunned down his girlfriend's ex-husband Ted Price in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, in 2002.

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3 w. ago Prisoner killed fellow inmate with shattered toilet lid and left him to die in cell with more than 30 injuries

Prison officers entered the cell to find Stefan Adi suffering catastrophic injuries to his head and neck - a scene described by Detective Inspector Ross Gurden as "an unimaginable scene of savagery and cruelty"

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3 w. ago Prisoner killed fellow inmate with shattered TOILET lid and left him to die with more than 30 injuries

Sasan Rabat, 27, inflicted 30 injuries on Stefan Adi - including to his head, face and neck - during the catastrophic attack in his cell at HMP Maidstone, Kent, on December 9, 2021.

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3 w. ago Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method

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3 w. ago Death row inmate is executed by firing squad after choosing how he would die

Brad Sigmon, of South Carolina, was terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" and so was given special permission to pick the manner of his execution

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4 w. ago Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum

Exclusive: What appears to be a vast burial site found at former Rapid Support Forces base in Sudan, while rescued detainees speak of torture, starvation and deaths of fellow inmates‘Here you will die’: detainees speak of executions, starvation and beatings at hands of Sudan’s Rapid Support ForcesMore than 500 people may have been tortured or starved to death and then buried in a secret mass grave north of Khartoum, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.A visit to a base belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shortly after it was retaken by the Sudanese military found a previously unknown detention centre, with manacles hanging from doors, apparent punishment chambers and bloodstains on the floor. Accounts from people held at the detention centre describe being repeatedly tortured by their captors. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Prisoner who had jaw shattered by inmate is on 'liquid diet' as he's moved into isolation

Prison guards are supposedly on edge after one inmate with previous connections to a cartel is being moved to isolation following an attack that took place leaving him with a 'broken jaw'

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last month Paddleboard instructor admits manslaughter of four customers who drowned when she took them out on 'extremely hazardous' river

Nerys Lloyd, 39, was in charge of the ill-fated expedition despite not being properly qualified, believed to be Britain's worst ever paddle boarding accident.

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