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Judge in ‘shaken baby’ death penalty case steps down

December 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

The execution of Robert Roberson – a Texas man who was convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter – faces further delay after the judge in the case voluntarily recused herself. Roberson was set to be […]

Richard Moore
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South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors […]

Derrick Dearman and Robert Roberson
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Alabama executes man who asked to be put to death – as Texas judge halts another execution

October 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

There were two planned executions in the US on Thursday – one was halted over questions of the suspect’s guilt and the other went ahead after the death row inmate asked to be killed. The […]

Freddie Owens
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South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years

September 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an […]

Loran Cole
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Man convicted of murder and rape executed in Florida

August 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Florida man found guilty of killing a college freshman and raping the victim’s older sister while the two were on a camping trip was executed on Thursday. The state administered a lethal injection to […]

David Hosier
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Missouri death row inmate David Hosier executed for killing former lover and husband

June 12, 2024 World Justice News 0

A death row prisoner convicted of killing his former lover and her husband has been executed in Missouri – the state’s second execution and the nation’s seventh this year. The 69-year-old, who had always maintained […]

Stephen Munyakho
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Race to raise ‘blood money’ to halt an execution

May 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan mother, who has led a long and desperate campaign to save her son from execution in Saudi Arabia, was weak with relief when he was granted a temporary reprieve this week. Stephen Munyakho, […]

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Alabama prisoner ‘struggled for his life’ in nitrogen gas execution

January 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

A prisoner in Alabama has become the first inmate in the world to be executed with nitrogen gas. Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, was put to death after the US Supreme Court declined a legal […]

Kenneth Eugene Smith
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US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

January 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court declined […]

Anthony Sanchez
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US death row inmate Anthony Sanchez executed for rape and murder of Juli Busken after being caught by his DNA

September 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has been executed in the US for the rape and murder of a dance student which went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene was matched to him while he was […]

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