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South Carolina double murderer Brad Sigmon becomes first US death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years

South Carolina double murderer Brad Sigmon becomes first US death row inmate to die by firing squad in 15 years

A convicted double murderer in South Carolina became the first American death…
Firing Squads and the Disturbing History of Executions in the U.S.

Firing Squads and the Disturbing History of Executions in the U.S.

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first…
Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier’s final words revealed as he’s executed for 1991 murder

Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier’s final words revealed as he’s executed for 1991 murder

A convicted murderer and rapist was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday…
Alabama death row inmate’s last meal revealed before being third execution by nitrogen

Alabama death row inmate’s last meal revealed before being third execution by nitrogen

An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas,…
Donald Trump spoke to DailyMail.com at his Mar-a-Lago home on Wednesday. He discussed his campaign, policy and coming to terms with life after being shot by a would-be assassin

Donald Trump says he will resume federal executions as president and go after cop killers and child rapists

Donald Trump says he will end the Justice Department moratorium on executions on…
Amazon security guard tries to kill unsuspecting boss before he’s shot dead in gunfight with police: ‘He almost executed me’

Amazon security guard tries to kill unsuspecting boss before he’s shot dead in gunfight with police: ‘He almost executed me’

Disturbing footage shows the moment an Amazon warehouse security guard trainee tried…
The spotlight has been thrust on Vietnam's use of the death penalty after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed. Pictured: A death row inmate is seen being led  blindfolded into an execution chamber in Vietnam

Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for its 'astonishing' number of executions with prisoners dragged from cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection

Vietnam’s use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight…
‘Man up’: Oklahoma judge says corrections staff should just ‘suck it up’ and stop asking for more time between executions

‘Man up’: Oklahoma judge says corrections staff should just ‘suck it up’ and stop asking for more time between executions

Left: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Gary Lumpkin (Photo via Oklahoma…

Witnesses to Roberts-Smith executions honest: lawyer

Decorated ex-soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been criticised for trying to discredit witnesses…
Kenneth Eugene Smith was sentenced to death in 1996 after admitting the murder-for-hire killing of a pastor's wife who was beaten and stabbed in 1988. On Thursday evening, he became the first person in US history to be executed with nitrogen gas

Alabama Attorney General vows to use nitrogen gas executions AGAIN as he doubles down on ‘textbook’ controversial death with 43 Alabama death row inmates set to die just like Kenneth Eugene Smith

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has vowed to continue using the controversial…