Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
Drugmakers have, by and large, put their drugs off-limits for executions.
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Drugmakers have, by and large, put their drugs off-limits for executions.
Roof shot dead nine people in a church in South Carolina in 2015.
Thirty years ago, there were some political considerations.
The death penalty wasn’t abolished in Ireland until 1990.
Author Colm Wallace tells the story of soldier-turned-criminal William Downes.
Brittany Pilkington’s defence are attempting to have her police confession excluded by the court.
Jeffrey Woods is said to be severely mentally disabled and have an IQ of a child.
William O’Neill was executed four days after Christmas, on the 29 December 1927. He was 19 years old.
Ibrahim Halawa’s trial is expected to take place at the end of June, nearly three years after he was imprisoned.
47-year-old Kenneth Fults pleaded guilty in 1997 to killing his neighbour.
Amnesty International has said that 1,634 people were executed in 25 countries last year.
Patrick Aylward, 63, was accused of burning a young child to death.
Ohio first tried to execute him in 2009.
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Brandon Astor Jones (72) had been in jail for over 36 years.
One local political leader called the comments “vile, hateful and downright deplorable.”
“His request was declined as alcohol is a contraband item…”
Richard Glossip claims he’s innocent.
He gave his views on the death penalty and immigration, amongst other issues.
Abdul Basit has been given a last-minute reprieve after appeals by Human Rights groups.
The court said it granted the request “in order for this court to give fair consideration” to his claims.
21 year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will receive his formal death sentence later today.
Richard Strong’s daughter has said it’s unfair that she should now be orphaned.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to the death penalty over the killings.
Depp brought them into the country without declaring them to quarantine officials.
A jury will decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole.
Australia has withdrawn its ambassador, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott says relations between the two nations have entered a ‘dark hour’.
The pair’s sentencing judge allegedly asked for huge bribes in return for lighter penalties.
One prosecutor says it shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as “unconcerned, unrepentant, and unchanged.”
The pair face the firing squad in Indonesia after their convictions.
The 19-year-old from Tallaght has been held in Egypt since August 2013.
Two Australian citizens are currently facing this situation in Indonesia.
The firing squad will be used as a backup if lethal injection drugs aren’t available.
There were 3,000 estimated executions last year.
Six men were hanged at the weekend.
They injected Clayton Lockett in the flesh instead of the vein and he died of a heart attack 45 minutes later.
Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted of murdering his three daughters on the back of disputed evidence.
Concern has been raised by a number of incidents in which the injections did not go to plan.
The last minute appeals in Georgia and Missouri both failed, and the two men were put to death overnight.
It’s because European manufacturers have refused to provide common drugs for use in US executions.