A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad 40 days after first execution
Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.
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World’s longest-serving death row prisoner receives $1.4 million in compensation - $85 for each day spent on death row
Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.
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Huntsville community remembers fallen officer two years after his death
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Family and officials throughout ... Even though two years have passed since his death, people who knew him say he’s still at the forefront of their minds. Officer Albert ...
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Death Row Letters
Over time, they developed a long-term correspondence. Clark’s research notes the isolation felt by prisoners on death row. Prison guards keep their distance from those that they may one day have ...
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A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose ... a 2011 appeal that had to be heard inside a prison because Mahdi had stabbed a death row guard during in an escape attempt.
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From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison
Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was 5 a.m. and the guards ... The months-long uprising was sparked by the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in September that ...
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Japan's longest-serving death row inmate gets $1.4M
The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamada spent in prison, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last.
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From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison
Iran’s Supreme Court later overturned Yasin’s death sentence on appeal, and his sentence was eventually set at five years. In the summer of 2023, the artist managed to release an audio message from ...