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# Death Penalty

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Death row prisoner who hired hitman to kill his family given last-minute reprieve
23 Feb 2018
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Florida killer yells 'murderers!' as he is put to death
23 Feb 2018
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'I can feel that': First US inmate executed in 2018 claimed drug used to kill him 'burned'
20 Jan 2018
58.1k
83
Two women accused of assassinating North Korean leader's half brother plead not guilty at start of trial
2 Oct 2017
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Man put to death using new lethal injection for racist murder
25 Aug 2017
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52
Last-minute appeals for mentally ill prisoner due to be executed tomorrow in the US
5 Jul 2017
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73
A US prisoner will face the death penalty tonight - for the eighth time
25 May 2017
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27
Qatar will execute a man who killed a British teacher and burned her body in the desert
30 Apr 2017
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23
Arkansas execution spree ends after another man is put to death
28 Apr 2017
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US state of Arkansas executes two prisoners in one night
25 Apr 2017
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Arkansas rushes to execute prisoners this week - before lethal drugs expire
24 Apr 2017
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Supreme Court blocks last-minute attempt by Arkansas to execute murderer
18 Apr 2017
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State of Arkansas to fight for permission to go ahead with 8 executions in 11 days
17 Apr 2017
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Death row inmates file lawsuit to prevent executions of eight men in 10 days
29 Mar 2017
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US state plans to put eight men to death over 10-day period
25 Mar 2017
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'If you have the death penalty, you can't be in the EU' - The simple message to Turkey
19 Mar 2017
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Court orders new trial for death row inmate who psychologist said was more dangerous because he is black
23 Feb 2017
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'Go straight to hell': Victims' families confront mass murderer Dylann Roof
11 Jan 2017
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White supremacist Dylann Roof sentenced to death for killing nine black churchgoers
10 Jan 2017
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Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
9 Jan 2017
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'There's nothing wrong with me psychologically': Mass killer Dylann Roof refuses to apologise
4 Jan 2017
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9
Ireland's death penalty was a 'quaint throwback' but not everyone wanted to get rid of it
1 Jan 2017
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30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executed
31 Dec 2016
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Crime, murder and the end of the Civil War: The story of the first man hanged by the Irish Free State
26 Dec 2016
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Woman says she smothered three sons as she "didn't want to see them suffer"
20 Oct 2016
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55
Texas plans to execute a man who never killed anyone
19 Aug 2016
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25
'Hanging is too mild for such a savage': The story of the youngest man executed by the Irish State
11 Jun 2016
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48
'1,000 days have felt like 1,000 years' - Irish student still in Egyptian prison
13 May 2016
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Man with reading age of nine-year-old to be executed in Georgia tonight
12 Apr 2016
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50% more people were executed last year than in 2014
6 Apr 2016
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The man who lived: How one convicted murderer escaped Ireland's death penalty
28 Mar 2016
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Convicted murderer Romell Broom survived one execution but he now faces a second
16 Mar 2016
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Poll: Are you in favour of the death penalty?
10 Mar 2016
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153
Georgia has just executed its oldest death row inmate
3 Feb 2016
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59
US politician has a plan for immigrant criminals who re-enter illegally: Execute them
2 Dec 2015
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43
Man on death row barred from having a six-pack of beer with his last meal
18 Nov 2015
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59
Execution postponed after the wrong lethal injection drug was sent to prison
1 Oct 2015
11.3k
21
The Pope brought up some controversial topics with US politicians today
24 Sep 2015
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Pakistan wants to hang a paraplegic wheelchair user
22 Sep 2015
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This man's execution has been put on hold at the last minute as new evidence emerges
16 Sep 2015
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