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Missouri death row inmate executed despite widespread calls for clemency
Brian Dorsey, convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband, put to death amid efforts by...
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More than 150 people call on Missouri governor to forgive Brian Dorsey’s death penalty
Prison guards, judges, jurors and prison workers have beseeched Mike Parson to commute capital punishment to...
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Alabama executes Kenneth Smith using untested method of nitrogen gas
Lawyers failed to persuade courts to stay the execution, arguing procedure amounted to cruel and unusual...
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Canadian firm under fire for supplying equipment for Alabama execution
Private equity firm Onex Corp partly owns company that makes mask for use in untested nitrogen...
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‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt
Kenneth Smith, to be executed in Alabama by untested gas method, tells Guardian of nightmares from...
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Iran says it executed four people it claims engaged in ‘sabotage’ for Israel
Three men and one woman hanged on charges of ‘moharebeh’ – or waging war against GodIsrael-Gaza...