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‘I watched innocent man die in Death Row gas chamber – his chilling last words still haunt me’
Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith represented dozens of inmates on Death Row and claims he watched an innocent man die - and that ...
Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people
Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine ...
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Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ In First Use Of Death Penalty In Nearly Three Years
Japan has executed the 'Twitter Killer' Takahiro Shiraishi for murdering nine people, marking its first execution since 2022.
Fireball; poop cruise; DNA and an old murder case: Down in Alabama
If you’ve been following Alabama news for a few years, you remember the poop train, a controversy in Central Alabama that ...
Supreme Court roundup: Birthright citizenship, LGBTQ curriculum, and more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued nine opinions on Thursday and Friday, headlined by its decision on Trump v. CASA, Inc., which ...
Organized crime stifles Latin America's economic development
Latin America and the Caribbean rank among the regions with the highest rates of criminal activity worldwide, marked by a ...
Factbox-Details of the top cases before the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court during its 2024-2025 term decided cases involving birthright citizenship, gender-affirming medical ...
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Tennessee death row inmate served last meal before execution
Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...