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Arizona execution of Clarence Dixon on track after court challenges fail

The planned execution of an Arizona man remains on track after two last-minute court efforts ended without decisions that would sidetrack the state from putting 66-year-old Clarence Dixon to death. Early on Monday, the state supreme court declined ...

10 May 2022 at 09:25

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Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution

South Carolina’s highest court has issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by the state Supreme Court puts on hold at least temporarily the planned April 29 ...

20 Apr 2022 at 20:25

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Singapore executes man for co-ordinating cannabis delivery

Singapore has executed a man accused of co-ordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence. Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was sentenced to death in 2018 for ...

26 Apr 2023 at 07:43

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Missouri man executed for killing police officer in 2005

A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a police officer he blamed over the death of his younger brother has been executed. Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the ...

30 Nov 2022 at 10:05

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Former police officer who hired two people to kill wife is executed

A former suburban Texas police officer has been executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the November 1994 ...

11 Jan 2023 at 07:56

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Woman on death row in Indonesia to return home after almost 15 years in prison

A Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia and nearly executed by firing squad in 2015 has been moved to a female prison in Indonesia’s capital, from where she will be flown back to her home country. Mary Jane Veloso, who ...

16 Dec 2024 at 09:15

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Biden commutes 37 out of 40 US federal death sentences

US President Joe Biden has announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row in America, converting their punishments to life imprisonment. The move comes just weeks before President-elect ...

23 Dec 2024 at 10:30

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Man who murdered girl, 10, as part of cannibalistic fantasy is executed

An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy died by lethal injection on Thursday in the nation’s 25th and final execution of the year. Kevin Ray Underwood was pronounced dead at 10.14am at the ...

19 Dec 2024 at 17:35

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Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime

Iran has executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy. The country made the announcement on Monday by airing footage on state television it claimed showed ...

12 Dec 2022 at 07:55

World

Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case

The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The ...

18 Oct 2024 at 10:00

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Three men executed in Iran over violence during anti-government protests

Three men have been executed in Iran after being accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests. Mizan, the Iranian judiciary’s website, announced the executions of Majid Kazemi, Saleh ...

19 May 2023 at 11:13

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First transgender inmate executed in the US

A Missouri inmate was put to death on Tuesday for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the US. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a ...

04 Jan 2023 at 02:17

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