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  Death row inmate who survived execution attempt dies in prison

  

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  Romell Broom, 64, dies of probable Covid in OhioLethal injection called off in 2009 when no vein could be foundAn Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 has died of possible complications of Covid-19, the state prisons system said. Related: US judge again delays execution of woman on federal death row Continue reading...

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  Trump impeachment: Senate trial to hear second day of prosecution evidence – live updates

  

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  Senate will reconvene at noon for second day of prosecution evidenceDemocrats use Trump’s wide-open multimedia trail...

  Senate will reconvene at noon for second day of prosecution evidenceDemocrats use Trump’s wide-open multimedia trail against himFive shocking videos from the Capitol attack shown at trialBiden orders sanctions on Myanmar generals, has call with XiSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 12.28pm GMT This is what Zach Montague at the New York Times thinks we have in store...

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  Virginia may be first in south to abolish death penalty and abandon ‘legalized lynching’

  

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  State is expected to vote on a bill to end 413-year history of capital punishment, a...

  State is expected to vote on a bill to end 413-year history of capital punishment, a practice rooted in slavery and racial lynchingEarl Washington came within nine days of being put to death by the state of Virginia. The date was set, the arrangements finalized. He would be taken to the death chamber, strapped into an electric chair, then jolted with 2,200 volts that...

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  Lisa Montgomery: US carries out first federal execution of a woman in nearly seven decades

  

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  Lisa Montgomery pronounced dead on Wednesday morning after supreme court cleared path for her deathA Kansas...

  Lisa Montgomery pronounced dead on Wednesday morning after supreme court cleared path for her deathA Kansas woman was executed early on Wednesday, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate.Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1.31am after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was the...

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