The US Supreme Court has ruled that a convicted murderer on death row in Missouri has no right to a “painless death”. The ruling clears the way for the execution of Russell Bucklew, who asked […]
Two men have been released on bail after allegedly throwing fists and swearing during an execution in Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, was put to death by lethal injection nearly 30 years after murdering his […]
A federal appeals court has blocked the execution of a Muslim inmate in Alabama after the state refused to allow his imam to be present at his death. Domineque Ray, convicted of murdering a 15-year-old […]
A prominent Iranian businessman, known as the “Sultan of Bitumen”, has been executed for bribery and corruption. Hamidreza Baqeri Darmani was found guilty of forging documents to secure state-backed loans. He then used front companies […]
A Chinese nanny has been executed after deliberately starting a fire that killed a mother and her three children in the eastern city of Hangzhou. Mo Huanjing, 35, was sentenced to death for arson in […]
By Sunita Patel-Carstairs, News Reporter A death row inmate was left with a dozen puncture wounds after he was repeatedly jabbed in the legs, ankles and groin during what his lawyer described as a “torturous […]
A man convicted of raping and killing a college student yelled “murderers!” three times as he was put to death by lethal injection. Eric Scott Branch thrashed about on his stretcher and shouted and screamed […]
The US Supreme Court has reportedly granted a temporary stay of execution to a cancer-stricken death row inmate in the state of Alabama. Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, argued his veins were too damaged from cancer […]
Texas remains the strictest applicant of the US death penalty but its increasing reluctance to put criminals to death reflects a national trend. Kent Whitaker supported the death penalty until his son, who arranged for […]
A man who shot and killed his two daughters in 2001 was executed in Texas on Thursday evening. John Battaglia, 62, called the girls’ mother before murdering his six and nine-year-old daughters in his Dallas […]
Copyright © 2018 | World Justice News
