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Florida man who killed student screams ‘murderers!’ during execution

February 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Execution stay for cancer-hit Alabama inmate with damaged veins

February 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

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 […]

How US death penalty capital changed its mind

February 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Texas man executed for killing his two daughters

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Florida inmate Mark Asay executed by experimental injection

August 24, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A white supremacist convicted of racially motivated murders three decades ago in Florida has been executed by lethal injection. Mark Asay is the first white man in state history to be executed for killing a […]

‘Houdini of death row’ who escaped seven execution dates finally killed for murdering lover’s husband

May 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tom Powell UPDATE A man known as the “Houdini” of death row for avoiding seven execution dates through legal challenges has finally been put to death for a 1982 murder. Tommy Arthur, 75, was […]

Alabama inmate fights to halt execution, ‘won’t give up’

May 24, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Tommy Arthur has had his execution postponed seven times since 2001, so many delays that victims’ rights advocates derisively call him the “Houdini” of death row. He says he is innocent and is fighting for […]

International Court of Justice orders Pakistan to halt execution of former Indian naval officer

May 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

The International Court of Justice has ordered Pakistan to halt the execution of a former Indian naval officer pending a final decision in the proceedings. India took Pakistan to the court over the death sentence […]

Ohio Postpones 8 Executions Amidst Legal Challenge To Lethal Injection Procedure

May 1, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Gov. John Kasich has put Ohio executions on hold until May, citing a legal challenge to the state’s three-drug lethal injection protocol. The governor’s office released a statement saying it had postponed the execution dates […]

Arkansas carries out execution for 1st time in over 11 years

April 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Arkansas executed its first inmate in over 11 years on Thursday after a protracted legal battle that questioned aspects of the use of the death penalty in the United States. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]