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SCOTUS halts convicted killer’s execution over racist juror claim

by Brian Seay

Keith Tharpe was sentenced to death for killing his sister-in-law. Now, his lawyers say a racist juror violated his constitutional rights.

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Convicted child rapist publicly executed at gunpoint in Yemen

by Jennifer Cruz

Yahya al-Matari, the father of the 3-year-old victim who died during the assault, said he felt reborn after the execution. “I am relieved now,” he said.

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Air Force vet sentenced to 35 years for trying to join ISIS

by Brian Seay

When he was arrested in 2015, it wasn’t the first time Tairod Pugh had been on the FBI’s radar. A co-worker had reported him 14 years earlier.

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GA death row inmate fought for execution by firing squad

by Jennifer Cruz

J.W. Ledford Jr., who was convicted of the brutal murder of his neighbor over 20 years ago, cited concerns over drugs used in the lethal injection protocol.

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Pennsylvania cop killer execution on hold, indefinitely

by Christen Smith

An anti-government survivalist sentenced to death for ambushing two Pennsylvania state troopers won’t be executed for his crimes anytime soon, if ever.

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North Korea executes five senior officials with anti-aircraft guns

by Andrew Shepperson

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has executed at least five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns, South Korean intelligence officials reported Monday.

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2017 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers in the Magnolia State on Wednesday advanced a bill that would tap in a firing squad should lethal injection no longer be an option in the future.

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Convict commuted by Obama ‘executed’ at Michigan halfway house

by Jennifer Cruz

A former drug dealer who had his prison sentence recently commuted by President Obama was brutally killed at a halfway house in Saginaw on Monday.

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Judge presiding over El Chapo’s case shot in the head outside of home (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Vicente Bermudez Zacarias, who presided over several cases involving drug lords, was not offered any type of protection and never saw the gunman coming.

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8 family members killed ‘execution’ style in rural Ohio

by Jennifer Cruz

Each of the eight family members - at four separate locations - was shot in the head, including a mother whose 4-day old baby was lying next to her.

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2016 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

A Senate bill that started as a move to keep executioners' names secret has morphed into one allowing the use of a firing squad and has the Governor's endorsement.

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2015 sees record-breaking number of exonerations

by Jennifer Cruz

Of those convicted of murder and later exonerated, five were on death row, awaiting execution when their convictions were overturned.

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