All news on the topic: Death row

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Oldest man on death row had gut-busting last meal before dying in 'severe pain'
America's oldest death row inmate Walter Moody enjoyed a lavish 2,100-calorie dinner surrounded by friends before being administered a lethal injection and suffering an agonizing death
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Inside the 8 excruciating botched attempts to execute 73-year-old serial killer
73-year-old killer Thomas Creech spent nearly an hour strapped on a table in an Idaho execution chamber as medical members poked and probbed his body trying to find a vein to end his life
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Death row inmate freed after 30 years as new evidence proves wrongful conviction
A Philadelphia inmate was exonerated after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit — new evidence was presented that all but proved his innocence
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Man to be executed 30 years after kidnapping and shooting dead ex-girlfriend
A man who killed his former girlfriend three decades ago is set to be put to death in March by lethal injection in what would be Georgia's first execution in more than four years
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Kim Kardashian pays tribute to death row inmate executed by lethal injection
Kim Kardashian wrote to her millions of followers on Instagram saying that she believed Ivan Cantu was "an innocent man" following his execution by lethal injection in Texas
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Death row inmate Ivan Cantu denied last meal because of an absurd last order
Ivan Cantu was denied a special last meal of his choosing before he was executed in Texas for murder and theft, although he claimed he was innocent all the way up to his death
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Death row killer Ivan Cantu, backed by Kim Kardashian, executed in Texas
Death row killer Ivan Cantu, who was convicted in 2001 for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend in Texas, was put to death on Wednesday despite pushes from Kim Kardashian to stay the execution
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Death row killer's execution abandoned as lethal injection bid fails to kill him
The execution of convicted serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech was halted in Idaho after the medical team couldn't locate a vein for an IV to administer the lethal drugs
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Double death row execution today including serial killer on death row 50 years
A Texas inmate scheduled for execution tonight has had a number of Catholic groups speak out on his behalf, even capturing the attention of Kim Karadashian
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Doctor explains sick thing that happens to the body in electric chair executions
WARNING: ARTICLE CONTAINS CONTENT SOME MAY FIND DISTRESSING. As lawmakers in South Carolina contemplate using the electric chair for executions, one doctor has shared chilling details of what happens to the body
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Fears cruel toxic gas executions in US will spread after Kenneth Smith's death
Professor Jon Yorke, Director of the Centre for Human Rights at Birmingham City University, described the execution of Kenneth Smith as a 'bad day for humanity'
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Doctor shares sick way you die ‘8 out of 10 times’ during injection execution
Dr Joel Zivot from Emory University School of Medicine spoke to The Mirror and explained what actually happens to the body during a lethal injection death including "drowning in your own blood"
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Executions by firing squad are 'cruel and inhuman' as death cases go to court
Lawyers for South Carolina death row inmates are challenging the use of the electric chair and firing squad as cruel and unusual punishments, along with a law aimed at resuming lethal injections
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'I watched killer's eyes bulge as he took 22 minutes to die in gas chamber'
The spiritual advisor for convicted hitman Kenneth Eugene Smith accompanied him into the chamber, where he witnessed what he called 'the most horrific thing' he'd ever seen done to another human
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Alabama AG says nitrogen execution 'textbook' amid outrage over 'violent' method
Alabama's Attorney General, Steve Marshall, issued a live-streamed statement in addition to the written statement after outrage was sparked over the 'shocking' execution of Kenneth Smith
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Executioner behind nitrogen gas killing once fired for 'merciless' beating
Terry Raybon, warden of William C. Holman Correctional Facility, oversaw the death of Kenneth Smith despite being sacked following a scathing report from the Alabama Department of Public Safety
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Alabama death row killer Kenneth Eugene Smith executed by nitrogen gas
Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed today in Alabama despite horrific warnings raised about the efficiency of a never-before-used method to put him to death
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Death row killer's victim's son forgives the murderer after gas death
Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen
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Kenneth Smith's last meal before execution by nitrogen gas in Alabama prison
Smith was said to have consumed his final meal at 10am on Thursday morning, before being denied any further solid food before his death and only clear liquids
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Kenneth Smith's haunting final words before nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
Kenneth Smith uttered his final words before he was executed by a never-before-used method, with administration of nitrogen gas through a mask
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Death row killer executed with toxic gas after surviving lethal injection
Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen
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Reverend fears he'll die as he sits by death row killer for first gas execution
Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor
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Death Row killer to be executed 'like animal with method rejected by vets'
Alabama plans to put death row prisoner Kenneth Smith to death today using an untested and very controversial execution method that has erupted a wave of harrowing warnings from experts and human rights advocates
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All we know about Death row con facing 'human experiment' second execution
Kenneth Smith is set to be executed by the state of Alabama using a controversial method of nitrogen gas, which has never been used before, after his lawyers failed to stop the "cruel" death sentence
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What crime death row killer committed ahead of nitrogen method execution today
Alabama is set to execute Kenneth Smith today, 35 years after the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. His accomplice, John Forrest Parker was also executed in 2010