Corey Johnson, 52, was federally executed by lethal injection on Thursday The death sentence of convicted murderer Corey Johnson has been carried out, in what is set to the penultimate federal execution of President Donald Trump’s term. Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 11.34pm on Thursday following lethal injection with pentobarbital at the U.S. Department of … Read more
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he … Read more
Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden Tuesday claiming he’s in favor of ‘executing’ newborns after he vowed during a town hall the night before that to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land if elected – as the president continues to recover from coronavirus from the White House residence. ‘Biden and Democrats just clarified … Read more
Iranian anti-hijab activist ‘faces execution or torture’: Protester is arrested in Turkey, raising fears she will be deported to Tehran Maryam Shariatmadari was arrested in Iran in 2018 for protesting without a hijab She was sentenced to a year in jail, but fled to Turkey where she claimed asylum Maryam was arrested in Turkey on … Read more
Extreme allegations that a ‘rogue’ SAS unit carried out night missions in which they executed civilians in Afghanistan villages have come to light in court documents. The trove of secret files was previously withheld from an ongoing High Court legal case by the government, causing a judge to demand an explanation from defence secretary Ben Wallace. … Read more
Tori Spelling had money ‘seized’ from her bank account in April 2020, after being ordered by a court to pay more than $88,000 in unpaid credit card debt, according to new reports. The actress, 47, was sued by American Express in 2016 after she reportedly ‘failed’ to pay ‘months’ of credit card bills – and in 2019, … Read more
The U.S. government has carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in a 1990s in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of a Texas death row inmate one hour before he was scheduled to die Tuesday. Ruben Gutierrez, 43, had been set to die at 6 p.m. CDT at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile-home park owner during a robbery. But he … Read more
Kim Kardashian thanks the U.S. Supreme Court for granting convict Ruben Gutierrez a stay of execution By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 02:50 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 02:50 BST, 17 June 2020 Kim Kardashian is thanking the U.S. Supreme Court for granting convicted murderer Ruben Gutierrez a stay of execution. The reality star-turned-criminal … Read more
A German neo-Nazi went on trial on Tuesday for the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke. His killing in June 2019 shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. Federal prosecutors say the main suspect, 46-year-old Stephan Ernst, was motivated by ‘racism and xenophobia’ when he allegedly shot Luebcke in the head … Read more