Utah Carries Out First Execution Since 2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by slashing her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state’s first …
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Oklahoma Executes Richard Rojem | HuffPost Latest News
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, received a three-drug lethal …
Texas Plans To Execute Ramiro Gonzales
In 2006, Ramiro Gonzales was sentenced to death in Texas as punishment for kidnapping, raping and killing Bridget Townsend when they were both 18 years old. There were indications that …
Missouri Executes David Hosier Weeks After Hospitalization
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors described as a fit of rage was executed Tuesday evening in …
Weeks Ahead Of Scheduled Execution, David Hosier Hospitalized
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri death row prisoner who is due to be executed next month has been hospitalized because of a “medical emergency,” a spokeswoman for the Missouri …
Missouri Executes Brian Dorsey Despite Pleas To Spare His Life
Missouri executed 52-year-old Brian Dorsey on Tuesday, despite pleas to spare his life from more than 70 correctional officers, a judge who upheld Dorsey’s death sentence on appeal, several jurors …
Texas Executes Man After 2 Decades Of Claiming Innocence
A 50-year-old man on Texas’ death row who has maintained his innocence for more than two decades was executed on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Ivan Cantu, who was convicted …
China executes couple for shocking murder of toddlers, aged 1 and 2 – National
NOTE: This story contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. China has executed a couple found guilty of throwing two young toddlers out of a 15th-storey window in …
Alabama’s New Execution Method: What is Nitrogen Hypoxia? |
Alabama successfully executed a man who spent decades on death row using a new method called nitrogen hypoxia. DW delves into the method’s scientific and ethical implications.Kenneth Smith, 58, was …