South Carolina death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed
SummaryIn South Carolina, death row inmate James Robertson, who has been incarcerated since 1999 for murdering his parents, seeks to ...
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Indiana man is put to death for officer’s murder in state’s second execution in 15 years
Benjamin Ritchie, a 45-year-old man convicted of murdering Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in 2000, was executed by lethal ...
Execution date set for man who’s been on death row since 1976
Mississippi's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Scheduled for ExecutionRichard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate, is set to be executed ...
Judge says state must let execution witnesses watch lethal drugs be prepped, pushed
Idaho Court Rules on Media Access to ExecutionsA federal judge ruled that Idaho prison officials must allow media witnesses to ...
With execution hours away, Alabama inmate wants lethal injection to go forward: “An eye for an eye”
James Osgood, a 55-year-old inmate on Alabama's death row, is set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday, having ...
Texas hearing on Walmart mass shooting sets stage for plea to avoid death penalty
SummaryPatrick Crusius, who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, is ...
Indonesia arrests Argentinian woman and British man for smuggling cocaine into Bali
Indonesian authorities arrested an Argentinian woman and a British man for allegedly smuggling cocaine on Bali. The woman was caught ...
Canada says China executed an unspecified number of Canadians earlier this year
Canada's government confirmed that China executed an unspecified number of Canadians earlier this year, citing drug crimes as the reason. ...
Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy
A Pakistani court sentenced four people to death for blasphemy in Multan, Pakistan, for posting sacrilegious material on social media ...
Indian police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of a trainee doctor that led to protests
An Indian court found police volunteer Sanjay Roy guilty of raping and murdering a trainee doctor in Kolkata, sparking protests ...
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