May 20
Save
Singapore’s Supreme Court sentenced a man to death via Zoom video chat on Friday, according to a report from the Stra…
Oct 24 2018
Save
Jul 13 2018
Save
Hamilton County sends more prisoners to death row than any other county in Ohio. And the prosecutor there is fed up…
Jan 10 2018
Save
South Carolina hasn’t killed anyone on death row in six years. Not because the state wouldn’t like to kill people,…
May 15 2017
Save
A death row inmate in Atlanta, Georgia has asked the court to execute him by firing squad. He argues that the pain…
Nov 19 2015
Save
On June 17, 1939, Eugen Weidmann—a slick, handsome 31-year-old German—became the last person to be publicly executed…
Jul 29 2015
Save
Today, the crimes of Hannah Ocuish would be readily explained, if not outright forgiven. Her childhood incorporated…
Jul 6 2015
Save
American tragedy: Glenn Ford, who spent 29 years on Death Row at Louisiana’s Angola prison for a murder he didn’t commit, died July 3. He was released last March, but his happiness at finally being free was short-lived, thanks to his cancer diagnosis; he was also denied restitution.
Jul 1 2015
Save
Perhaps if young Thomas Granger had been more discreet, more circumspect, his name would have long since vanished in…
Jun 17 2015
Save
Last week’s post on Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, got us thinking about other executions that…
Jun 10 2015
Save
Ruth Ellis had a difficult life leading up to the night she shot her on-and-off boyfriend, David Blakely, in 1955.…
Mar 11 2015
Save
Utah lawmakers are prepared to strap condemned criminals to this horrible chair and shoot them if they need to.…
Dec 2 2014
Save
Virtually every rich nation in the world has abolished the death penalty. But since the death penalty was…
May 2 2014
Save
Apr 30 2014
Save
Tuesday night was horrific. After weeks of controversy, Oklahoma had planned to execute two convicted murders with…
Apr 29 2014
Save
Tuesday night was horrific. After weeks of controversy, Oklahoma had planned to execute two convicted murders with…
Nov 5 2013
Save
Virtually all of the 32 American states that allow the death penalty rely on a deadly chemical cocktail to slowly…
May 16 2012
Save
When most people think of beheadings they probably think of events far away in time and place, such as Marie…
Aug 28 2010
Save
This stark, almost peaceful looking room is actually Japan's execution room. The ring on top holds the noose, the…
Jun 15 2010
Save
Capital punishment. Sends a chill down your spine, doesn't it? Hopefully none of our readers will ever see…