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Japan’s ‘Twitter Killer’ sentenced to death for serial murdersTakahiro Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after police found several victims in cold storage at his apartment.TrendingDec 15, 2020
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U.S. to carry out 1st federal execution of woman in nearly 70 yearsLisa Montgomery, who was found guilty of strangling a pregnant woman in Missouri, will be executed by lethal injection at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana.WorldOct 16, 2020
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Killers of Black people less likely to face U.S. death penalty than Black criminals: reportThe federal government this year began carrying out executions again after a 17-year hiatus despite waning public support for the death penalty.WorldSep 15, 2020
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With hours to go, U.S. judge blocks federal executionsA U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before a lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out.WorldJul 13, 2020
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Singapore man sentenced to death on Zoom call due to coronavirus pandemicPunithan Genasan, 37, was sentenced to death on Friday for masterminding a 2011 heroin transaction.TrendingMay 20, 2020
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White supremacist executed after gruesome 1998 dragging death of black manAn avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man.CrimeApr 24, 2019
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Ben Stiller’s high school punk band releases first song in 36 yearsBen Stiller's high school band, Capital Punishment, have reunited and recorded a brand new EP.EntertainmentOct 24, 2018
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How the Pope’s death penalty stance could be a quandary for Catholic politiciansExperts say Francis' change could shift political debates, loom over Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and make it difficult for devout Catholic judges to uphold the law as written.WorldAug 6, 2018
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Vatican declares death penalty inadmissible in every circumstanceThe 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church had for centuries allowed the death penalty in extreme cases.WorldAug 2, 2018
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‘Send him home:’ Dad of Canadian on death row breaks silence weeks before passing awayRonald Smith's father still had a bedroom and a vintage car waiting for the day his son might come home to Alberta from the Montana prison where he has been on death row for 35 years.FeaturesMay 7, 2018
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