When I served on Brent Brewer’s jury in 2009, I believed in doing my civic duty to decide the case impartially. After I heard all the evidence, I was convinced that Brent did not act with premeditation and did not intend to kill the victim. It seemed to me that he was trying to steal a truck and things simply got out Leggi Tutto
A Madison County jury on Friday sentenced to death a man who admitted to shooting and killing an on-duty Huntsville police officer. Billy Clardy III was 48 years old when LaJeromeny Brown shot him three times on Dec. 6, 2019, during an undercover drug operation in north Huntsville.“I know, in so
The Alabama Supreme Court has granted the state’s request to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.Smith was twice convicted by juries for the murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett in her home in Colbert County in 1988
The man sentenced to death for the mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue that killed 11 people is seeking a new trial.Robert Bowers, 51, who was convicted over the summer of 63 counts for the Oct. 27, 2018, attack at the Tree of Life synagogue at Wilkins and Shady avenues, filed the motion
 Execution of Emmanuel Littlejohn Stayed in Oklahoma Before November 2, 2023Emmanuel Littlejohn was scheduled to be executed at 10 a.m. local time on Thursday, November 2, 2023. The execution, which would have taken place inside the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 31, 2023: Jalil Nutizehi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in an Isfahan prison.According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in an unspecified Isfahan prison on 30 October. His identity has been established as
By April 1990, 19-year-old Brent Brewer was in the midst of a full-blown crisis.  A few weeks earlier, he’d been released from a hospital in Texas, where he’d been involuntarily committed for several months after his grandmother, with whom he was living, found a suicide note he’d written. In the
This week, federal prosecutors said they won’t seek the death penalty against the man charged in the kidnapping and killing of 2-year-old, Wynter Smith.Defense Attorney, Sarissa Montague, shared how rare it is for someone in Michigan to face the execution chamber.Montague said the death penalty
Casey McWhorter is scheduled to be executed anytime between 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2023, and 6:00 a.m. on Friday, November 17, 2023, at the Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore, Alabama. 49-year-old Casey is convicted of murdering Edward Lee Williams, Sr., on February 18, 1993
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 27, 2023: Four more men are reported to have been executed for drug-related charges in Birjand Central Prison on Thursday, increasing the number of executions that day at the prison to five people.According to Hal Vash, four men including a Baluch minority were
An Indonesian court on Friday handed death sentences to eight Iranian drug traffickers found guilty of smuggling more than 300 kilograms of crystal meth into the Southeast Asian country.Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws but has held off conducting executions for several
Robert Card is the person of interest police are looking for following Wednesday night's mass shootings in a bowling alley and nearby barPolice continue to hunt Thursday morning for the man who allegedly killed at least 18 people last night in multiple shootings in Maine.Robert Card, the person
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The death penalty in South Carolina is on hold for the next few months.According to a court order, a lawsuit from four condemned prisoners argues that electrocution and the firing squad are unconstitutional methods of execution and the denial of the right to choose between
South Carolina’s highest court apparently is not ready to allow the state to restart executions after more than 12 years until they hear more arguments about newly obtained lethal injection drugs as well as a recently added firing squad and the old electric chair.The state Supreme Court set a
TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian court has sentenced a woman to death for adultery, state media said.A report by the IRAN newspaper on Wednesday said the woman worked as a trainer in a gym for females.It said her husband contacted police in 2022 when he found her with another man at their home. The
“Mr. Murdaugh’s right to have his appeal heard by an impartial judge will be violated if Judge Newman proceeds to hear his motion for a new trial,” a new motion says.As Alex Murdaugh’s legal team pushes for a new murder trial, they have a bold request for the South Carolina Supreme Court: ban
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knox County judge has rejected a bid to vacate the death sentence of Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee and the youngest American woman to be sentenced to death since 1972.Pike and two others were convicted in the brutal murder of 19-year-old
In the annals of Japan's criminal justice system, few cases have captured the nation's attention and stirred global outrage as much as that of Iwao Hakamada. His story is a tragic tale of wrongful conviction, decades spent on death row, and an ongoing fight for justice. Circumstantial
Casey McWhorter is scheduled to be the 1st man from Marshall County to die by execution.McWhorter, now 49 years old, was sentenced to the death penalty in 1994, following the 1993 murder of Edward Lee Williams.Earlier this month, Governor Kay Ivey set a 30-hour time frame for McWhorter’s
A local court has convicted a man of kidnapping and killing a 14-year-old boy and handed down death sentence.Additional district and sessions judge Mohammad Ayaz Khan also ordered the convict, Sher Afzal of Rano Garhi area here, to pay Rs2 million compensation to the legal heirs of the
A Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced six people to death on Friday for trafficking 5.6 kg of heroin.The committee of judges said the convicted were involved with larger trafficking rings that distributed massive amounts of methamphetamine and ketamine, and thus deserved the harshest punishment.The
The 87-year-old defendant was deemed unfit to appear in court due to communication difficulties engendered by his long detention. His trial must not be prolonged.The Shizuoka District Court has begun the retrial of Iwao Hakamata, whose death sentence was previously finalized over the 1966 murder
SALT LAKE CITY — A judge will decide whether a group of inmates can proceed with a lawsuit challenging Utah's death penalty.Five death row inmates — Ralph Menzies, Troy Kell, Michael Archuleta, Douglas Carter and Taberon Honie — are suing the state, challenging the methods and protocols
Last month, a state judge in Baton Rouge ordered the Louisiana Board of Pardons to hire a fresh slate of lawyers to handle a massive stack of clemency bids from death row.The judge, Richard “Chip” Moore, found that Attorney General Jeff Landry, now governor-elect, was conflicted when he canned
Wisezah Datawn Buckman was sentenced to death on Thursday after a Dare County Superior Court jury recommended the convicted murderer receive that punishment for his role in the slaying of 4 prison employees during a failed escape attempt at Pasquotank Correctional Institution in October 2017.The
A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used carry out a death sentence.The all-Republican court in a 6-2 decision Wednesday granted the state attorney general's request for an execution warrant for Kenneth
In August 2023, Alabama released the first-ever execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, an untested execution method in which prisoners will be put to death by suffocation as they are forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas. Alabama’s heavily redacted protocol provides that prisoners will be fitted
On October 30, 2023, the United States Supreme Court denied Texas death-sentenced prisoner Brent Brewer’s petition for certiorari and clearing the way for his scheduled execution on November 9th. Mr. Brewer’s attorneys argue that unreliable “future dangerousness” junk science testimony from a
A new fact has come to light involving the retrial of Hakamada Iwao, who has been sentenced to death but has been pleading innocent for a murder case that occurred more than half a century ago.NHK has learned that Murayama Hiroaki, who was a presiding judge at the Shizuoka District Court in 2014
David Renteria is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, November 16, 2023, inside the Walls Unit execution chamber at the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 53-year-old David is convicted of kidnapping and murdering 5-year-old Alexandra Flores on November 18
The 3 men were previously sentenced to death on Oct 15, 2021 for causing the death of a 58-year-old man.The Court of Appeal today commuted the death sentence of 3 friends convicted of murder to imprisonment.A panel of 3 judges unanimously allowed the appeal by B Davendran, 30, K Neelamegan, 29
As part of an innovative prison reform program, the Oregon State Penitentiary created a healing garden on its grounds to provide some respite from the concrete and resemble the outside world. One incarcerated man who had spent most of the past two decades in solitary confinement described going
Armita Geravand’s death comes after her being in a coma for weeks and threatens to reignite popular anger, protests over Iran’s mandatory headscarf law for womenDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not
Speer has been on death row for decades after strangling another inmate at a Texas prison. The victim’s sister and faith leaders have both called on the parole board to halt the execution.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of William Speer on Thursday, just hours before he