Dustin Higgs, an inmate on death row in Indiana, has died in the final federal execution of the Trump presidency just days before he leaves office. Higgs was convicted in the killings of three women […]
Lisa Montgomery – the only female inmate on federal death row in the US – has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute […]
A US judge has granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery – just hours before the only woman on America’s federal death row was due to be given a lethal injection. Judge James Hanlon […]
The US is to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in almost 70 years, the Justice Department said. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the […]
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the first executions of federal prisoners in 17 years. Several executions were delayed after a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges […]
A US judge has ordered the first federal execution in more than 17 years to be delayed, just hours before it was due to go ahead The judge issued an injunction on Monday, shortly before […]
Federal executions in the US have been halted over concerns that the method of carrying them out may be unlawful. Five men were due to be executed in Indiana in December and January, after the […]
A request to exhume the remains of infamous US gangster John Dillinger has been approved by officials in Indiana. Dillinger’s relatives have been pressing for the permit, saying an imposter is buried at Crown Hill […]
By Jimmy McCloskey A couple split their 14 month-old baby boy’s tongue open – possibly with a pair of scissors – as part of an appalling campaign of abuse, police say. Police were called to a […]
An NFL star’s death by an alleged drunk-driver has sparked a political row after it emerged the suspect was in the US illegally. Indiana police say the driver who killed NFL player Edwin Jackson was […]
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