Death row inmate who ‘didn’t kill anyone’ spared execution last minute
His execution was scheduled for Thursday A man in Alabama who was nearly executed over a killing has been spared death after intervention from the governor. The 75-year-old Charles “Sonny” Burton was sentenced to death for the murder of a man during a store robbery in 1991. But it was a crime he didn’t commit, […]
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Death row inmates in Texas are no longer allowed a last meal request because of one man
State law was changed because of his request It’s common knowledge that prior to their execution, death row prisoners are able to request a last meal of their choosing. The idea of a “death row meal” has always fascinated many and it’s almost certainly something you’ve thought about yourself or debated with mates. Some of […]
3 years ago
Prisoner who ‘died’ and was brought back to life argued his life sentence had technically finished
He also took issue with being revived A prisoner once argued that his life sentence had effectively been completed after his heart stopped. Benjamin Schreiber was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in 1996, after clubbing a man to death with the handle of a pickaxe and leaving his body outside […]
3 years ago
Transgender woman executed for first time in US history
Amber McLaughlin killed and raped her former girlfriend A prisoner in Missouri has become the first openly transgender woman to be executed in United States history. Amber McLaughlin, 49, received the death penalty after being convicted of stalking, raping and killing former girlfriend, 45-year-old Beverly Guenther, in 2003, before she began to publicly identify as […]
3 years ago
Man who wrongly spent 25 years on death row is shot and killed after being released
He was killed while taking part in a funeral procession A 62-year-old man who wrongly spent more than third of his life on death row was shot dead less than two years after being released from prison. In February 2021, Christopher Williams walked free from prison holding a file containing the two signed warrants for his […]
3 years ago
Woman who murdered pregnant friend and ripped baby from womb sentenced to death
Taylor Rene Parker was unable to have more children but had told her partner she was pregnant A woman who murdered her heavily pregnant friend before cutting the unborn baby out of her body has been sentenced to death. Taylor Rene Parker repeatedly stabbed 21-year-old Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock and caved her skull in with a […]
3 years ago