Prisoner subjected to ‘three hours of pain’ in possible longest recorded execution in US
Joe Nathan James Jr was put on death row for the murder of Faith Hill An American prisoner could have experienced the longest recorded execution in US history after he was said to have been put through “three hours of pain” following a lethal injection gone wrong. Joe Nathan James Jr, who was put on […]
3 years ago
Killer angered victims’ family with last words in ‘cruel’ botched execution that took almost two hours
Joseph Wood’s told his victims’ family that he ‘takes comfort in knowing my pain stops’ A double murderer smiled and laughed at the family of his victims moments before he was executed in a “cruel” procedure that took nearly two hours and reportedly left him gasping 600 times. The final moments of Joseph Wood’s life […]
3 years ago
Journalist barred from Alabama execution because her skirt was ‘too short’
Her skirt was 1.5 inches above the knee A reporter seeking to cover an execution in Alabama was turned away by the Department of Corrections because her outfit was deemed “inappropriate.” Ivana Hrynkiw Shatara, who works as a video news producer for Alabama Media Group, was turned away from viewing the lethal injection execution of […]
3 years ago
Gangster makes sickening boast before being executed for killing child and grandma
Faced with the death penalty he took the opportunity to make one final brag. A gangster who killed a five-year-old girl and her grandmother boasted he was ‘still a soldier’ as he was put to death by lethal injection. Erick Davila, 31, who shot the pair dead at a children’s birthday party, was executed at Texas’ […]
8 years ago