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Death row inmate’s last words before execution, 28 years after crime: “I want to tell you all…”
Charles Victor Thompson, a Texas man, had previously escaped authorities’ custody while on death row. The escape led to a three-day manhunt before he was captured and executed by the state, making him the first person to be put to death in the United States this year.
A DOUBLE-MURDERER told the families of his victims that his execution would “traumatize more people” and begged for forgiveness moments before he died. Killer Charles Victor Thompson,
Clayton Lockett, 38, endured a horrifyingly botched execution at Oklahoma State Penitentiary after being convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping, with witnesses describing the chamber as a 'bloody me
While Gov. DeSantis is signing death warrants at a record pace, a new true crime documentary is out about SW Florida's infamous killer Wade Wilson
Christa Gail Pike argued in her filing that the new protocol, which relies on one drug instead of three, violates the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions.
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Woman on death row files lawsuit over execution method, says it's too cruel and unusual
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Indiana currently has five people on death row, one of whom has been ruled mentally incompetent for execution.
Christa Pike is suing the state to halt her execution, arguing Tennessee's lethal injection protocol would constitute cruel and unusual punishment due to her rare blood cancer that affects how her blood clots.