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Charles Crawford, 59, is set to be executed Wednesday evening for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 20-year-old Kristy Ray in 1993. Crawford has been on death row for over three decades, with his lawyers appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. The case has
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The state of Florida continues its record pace of executions with the lethal injection of Samuel Smithers, a 72-year-old death row inmate convicted of the 1996 murders of two women, Christie Cowan and Denis Roach. Smithers is the 14th death-row inmate executed in Florida this year, breaking the state'
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The family of Jason Weir, a 34-year-old self-confessed killer who died in prison in 2021, has finally received closure after an inquest jury found that errors and omissions by a health trust contributed to his death. Weir was serving a life sentence for his involvement in the 2012 murder of
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Benjamin Field was 28 when he was convicted six years ago for the murder of Peter Farquhar, a 69-year-old Christian scholar. Field's motive was to persuade Mr Farquhar to change his will in his favor, which he achieved by duping the pensioner into a sexual relationship and even
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Lenny Scott, a dedicated prison officer, was brutally murdered by Elias Morgan, a 35-year-old inmate who had a history of armed robbery and a secret relationship with a female prison officer. Morgan shot Scott at close range with a 9mm handgun, killing him instantly, in a revenge killing that was
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Elias Morgan, 35, was found guilty of murdering prison officer Lenny Scott, 33, after a trial that shed light on a web of corruption within HMP Altcourse. Scott had uncovered an affair between Morgan and female prison officer Sarah Williams, who was having relationships with multiple prisoners. The investigation, which
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Tensions are high in a west Dublin neighborhood, where two members of the notorious Hennessy gang were attacked in separate incidents behind bars, just days before a man was shot outside a takeaway. Jason Hennessy Jr, 28, and his brother Brandon, 22, were both targeted in Dublin's Mountjoy
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A high-speed car chase led by 18-year-old Travion Smith resulted in a fatal crash that killed a pregnant woman, Faith Gumma, 31, and her unborn child, as well as causing severe injuries to her husband, Norman, 36, and their two-year-old son, Elijah. Smith was sentenced to between 25 and 50
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A recent spike in violence and homicides in Arizona prisons has led to a legislative inquiry, with lawmakers questioning the management of the state's correctional facilities. At least 11 inmates have been killed in Arizona prisons since January of last year, sparking condemnations from Republican lawmakers who accuse
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Erin Patterson's sentencing has brought renewed attention to the inhumane prison conditions in Australia, particularly at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, where she has been held for over three years in solitary confinement. The Supreme Court Judge Beale has expressed concerns about the humane treatment of prisoners, citing
Prisoners
The Palestinian Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs and the Prisoners' Club in the occupied territories have confirmed the martyrdom of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prisons, bringing the total death toll to 72 since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023. The
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Two Leicestershire prisoners, Thierry Robinson and Ashirie Smith, have been sentenced for their parts in the murder of another inmate, Mahir Mohammed, at HMP Fosse Way. Mohammed, who was 31 and serving a sentence for sex offences, was taunted, attacked, and abused by the pair and others before throwing a
