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# Death Row

This year
2023
# Mahsa Amini
Iran sentences three more to death over Amini protests
The Islamic republic has been rocked by civil unrest since the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini.
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Jan 9th 2023, 7:18 AM
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# Death Row
Two inmates convicted of murder executed in US
Murray Hooper was 76-years-old when he was put to death.
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Nov 17th 2022, 8:00 AM
# Death Row
US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate
Benjamin Cole was sentenced to death in 2004 for the murder of his daughter, Brianna.
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Oct 19th 2022, 7:14 PM
All time
# Death Row
Japan executes three prisoners for first time since 2019
Japan and the US are the only members of the G7 group of developed countries that still use the death penalty.
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Dec 21st 2021, 7:08 AM
# Junaid Hafeez
Pakistani professor sentenced to death for blasphemy
Junaid Hafeez was arrested in 2013 for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed online.
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Dec 21st 2019, 5:46 PM
# mark soliz
Man (37) who was convicted of two murders executed in Texas jail
In his last words, Mark Soliz apologised “for the grief and the pain that I caused”.
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Sep 11th 2019, 7:14 AM
# Death Penalty
Temporary reprieve for more than 700 death row inmates as California suspends executions
The west-coast state hasn’t carried out an execution since 2006, but 25 inmates have exhausted all of their appeals.
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Mar 13th 2019, 7:18 AM
# tennessee
Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
Both David Earl Miller and Edmund Zagorski before him chose the electric chair over lethal injection.
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Dec 6th 2018, 9:16 PM
# Asia Bibi
Pakistani Christian woman who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, freed from jail
The country’s highest court last week overturned Bibi’s conviction and ordered her release
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Nov 7th 2018, 9:59 PM
# Death Row
Man put to death by electric chair in Tennessee after last minute appeal denied
Zagorski was sentenced to death for the 1983 murders of two men.
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Nov 2nd 2018, 7:18 AM
# fentanyl
Man executed in Nebraska prison using untested lethal injection
Carey Dean Moore received a lethal concoction containing diazepam, fentanyl and potassium chloride.
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Aug 15th 2018, 7:57 AM
# doyle hamm
'Botched' execution in Alabama amounted to 'torture', lawyer claims
No vein could be found to administer the lethal injection to 61-year-old Doyle Hamm.
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Feb 26th 2018, 3:14 PM
# tourniquet killer
'I can feel that': First US inmate executed in 2018 claimed drug used to kill him 'burned'
Anthony Shore was put to death for raping, torturing and murdering three girls in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Jan 20th 2018, 2:15 PM
# Ohio
US death row inmate to get pillow to help him breathe during execution
Alva Campbell was sentenced to death for gunning down a teenager he held hostage.
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Nov 15th 2017, 9:09 AM
# Death Row
A US prisoner will face the death penalty tonight - for the eighth time
Tommy Arthur was first sentenced to death back in 1983 for a murder he denies committing.
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May 25th 2017, 8:10 PM
# Executions
Arkansas struggling to get more lethal injection drugs
The state’s remaining supply of one of the drugs runs out tomorrow.
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Apr 29th 2017, 11:47 AM
# life on the line
Another death row inmate's life spared in Arkansas
Actor Johnny Depp has been one of thousands of protesters to demonstrate against capital punishment.
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Apr 20th 2017, 7:07 AM
# Death Row
State of Arkansas to fight for permission to go ahead with 8 executions in 11 days
A federal judge issued stays for each of the inmates on Saturday.
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Apr 17th 2017, 12:46 PM
# Lethal Injection
US state plans to put eight men to death over 10-day period
Arkansas says the unprecedented timetable is necessary because one of the ingredients in the lethal injection will soon expire.
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Mar 25th 2017, 5:00 PM
# Lethal Injection
Georgia has just executed its oldest death row inmate
Brandon Astor Jones (72) had been in jail for over 36 years.
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Feb 3rd 2016, 9:12 AM
# Georgia
Man on death row barred from having a six-pack of beer with his last meal
“His request was declined as alcohol is a contraband item…”
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Nov 18th 2015, 10:43 PM
# Death Row
Man who became paralysed in jail to be executed tomorrow, despite maintaining his innocence
Amnesty International is calling for the scheduled hanging to be stopped.
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Sep 21st 2015, 6:26 PM
# dead man walking
This man's execution has been put on hold at the last minute as new evidence emerges
The court said it granted the request “in order for this court to give fair consideration” to his claims.
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Sep 16th 2015, 7:58 PM
# Death Row
Man executed for raping and killing teenage girl 26 years ago
His victim was just 15 years old when she was murdered.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 3:34 PM
# dead man walking
Susan Sarandon is trying to save this man from the death penalty. Here's why...
Richard Glossip was convicted of murder after the man who confessed to the crime claimed Glossip hired him to do it.
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Aug 6th 2015, 11:40 PM
# Death Row
Brothers wrongfully convicted for killing little girl 'want a normal life' after 30 years behind bars
The brothers are trying to come to terms with the changes that occurred in the outside world while they were on death row.
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Jun 7th 2015, 7:00 AM
# freedom
Two men on death row wrongfully convicted of killing little girl to get just $750k
New DNA evidence proved the two men were not guilty of the murder in 1983. They spent three decades in prison.
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Jun 4th 2015, 9:54 PM
# Condemnation
Irish priest says man executed in Indonesia 'had no idea he was on death row'
“When we said your death sentence will be implemented, he said, ‘What death sentence? I will not be sentenced to death.’”
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Apr 30th 2015, 8:41 AM
# sun do shine
After 30 years on death row, Alabama man Anthony Ray Hinton walks free
“They had every intention of executing me for something I didn’t do … I shouldn’t have sat on death row for 30 years.”
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Apr 4th 2015, 7:14 AM
# Death Row
Woman's execution delayed because of problems with the lethal injection
Kelly Gissendaner was due to be put to death last night.
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Mar 3rd 2015, 4:00 PM
# The Innocence Project
Working to exonerate innocent people in American prisons
There are 2.2 million people in America’s prisons – and the Innocence Project works to free those who shouldn’t be there.
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Aug 17th 2014, 8:45 AM
# Prime Numbers
Rory Gallagher, Death Row, and the 1916 Rising: The week in numbers
Plus: How many bananas come into Ireland every week?
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May 3rd 2014, 7:30 PM
# Death Penalty
The first 'double execution' in the US for 14 years will be carried out on Tuesday
The move comes as a court ruled that Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them.
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Apr 24th 2014, 9:52 PM
# Justice
Man freed from Death Row after 26 years as judge rules he was innocent
The 64-year-old was freed following new information which showed he was not present at the murder he was accused of.
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Mar 12th 2014, 8:16 AM
# Death Row
These nine dogs have less than 48 hours to live if they can't be re-homed
The unwanted dogs at Monaghan Pound are just one example of the problem across the country, which became particularly worrying around Christmas time.
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Jan 14th 2014, 4:38 PM
# kerry max cook
Acquitted death-row inmate to inspire Irish teenagers with his "story of hope"
Kerry Max Cook, who spent 22 years in prison until he was proven innocent, will share his story with youth outreach movement Soar tomorrow night.
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Aug 28th 2013, 9:45 PM
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Everyone’s talking about the shooting in south Dublin, David Norris’s potty mouth and garda recruitment.
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Jul 15th 2013, 10:09 PM
# long wait
Japanese man nears half century on death row
Questions emerging over guilt of world’s longest-serving condemned inmate.
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Jul 13th 2013, 5:30 PM
Voices
Column: Ending the death penalty – a view from Texas
Former inmates are among those gathering to fight capital punishment at a world congress event that begins today, but Kirstin Houle from Texas says theirs is a daily struggle they know they will win.
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Jun 13th 2013, 7:00 AM
# Capital Punishment
Former death row inmates fight capital punishment
The World Congress against the death penalty opens today in Madrid, and some former inmates spoke about their thoughts on the issue.
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Jun 12th 2013, 6:45 AM
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