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Japan cremates body of sarin attack cult guru
Japanese authorities on Monday cremated Shoko Asahara, the executed head of the Aum Shinrikyo cult behind a deadly 1995 sarin attack, a lawyer for his daughter said. The post Japan cremates body of...
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NPA executes ‘military informer’ in Quezon
The New People’s Army (NPA) rebels claimed responsibility for the killing of an alleged military informer in Plaridel town in Quezon province. The post NPA executes ‘military informer’ in Quezon...
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Japan executes more sarin attack cult members – media
Tokyo, Japan – Several members of a cult that carried out a deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway were executed Thursday, Japanese media said, weeks after the group's leader was hanged. The post...
View ArticleNebraska conducts first US execution with fentanyl
Chicago, United States — Nebraska on Tuesday carried out America's first execution using fentanyl — the opioid at the center of the country's deadly overdose crisis — as part of a previously-untested,...
View ArticleUS halts injection execution of inmate who wants electric chair
A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder won a last-minute appeal Wednesday to stop his execution by lethal injection, after insisting the state should use the electric chair. The post US...
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Man in China to be executed for avenging mother’s death
One man from Hanzhong in Shaanxi province, China, was handed a death sentence by the Hanzhong Intermediate People’s Court for the murder of neighbor Wang Zixin, 70, and sons Wang Zhengjun, 40, and...
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Sri Lanka leader orders execution of 4 drug convicts
Sri Lanka's president said on Wednesday that he has ordered the executions of four drug offenders who will be hanged in prison soon. The post Sri Lanka leader orders execution of 4 drug convicts...
View ArticleMan in NW China executed after decades-long blood feud
A man in China was executed Wednesday for killing three neighbors in apparent revenge for his mother's death more than two decades earlier. The post Man in NW China executed after decades-long blood...
View ArticlePNP identifies 11 suspects in murder of 4 Negros Oriental cops
MANILA, Philippines — Police have identified 11 suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) who are believed to be behind The post PNP identifies 11 suspects in murder of 4 Negros...
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US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
The Justice Department said the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003. The post US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003 appeared...
View ArticleJapan hangs two for murder, first executions in 2019
Japan on Friday hanged two men convicted of murder, the justice ministry said, the first executions this year after 15 death row inmates were executed in 2018. The post Japan hangs two for murder,...
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Federal appeals court grants Texas inmate stay of execution
HOUSTON — A federal appeals court has granted a stay of execution to a Texas inmate just one day before he was scheduled to die for the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old woman during a carjacking in...
View ArticleSerial killer who preyed on gay men executed in Florida
STARKE, Fla. — Gary Ray Bowles, a serial killer who preyed on older gay men during an eight-month spree that left six dead, was executed by lethal injection Thursday at Florida State Prison. The...
View ArticleBlind inmate executed in Tennessee for woman’s 1991 killing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A blind prisoner convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend by setting her on fire in her car was put to death Thursday in Tennessee’s electric chair, becoming only the second...
View ArticleMurderer becomes 22nd person executed in US this year
WASHINGTON, United States — A Texas man who killed a prison officer was executed late Wednesday, bringing to 22 the number of people put to death in the US this year. Travis Runnels, 46, was pronounced...
View ArticleGunmen execute inmate being transported to Laguna jail
SAN PEDRO CITY — A prisoner was shot and killed execution style in front of his security escorts in Calamba City in Laguna province on Monday morning. The inmate was identified as Joshi Tarun, who was...
View ArticleSigns of summary execution emerge as drug suspect found dead a day after he...
BACOLOD CITY—A drug suspect abducted on Wednesday (Jan. 22) turned up dead at a subdivision in this city early on Thursday (Jan. 23), raising suspicions he was summarily executed. The body of Richard...
View ArticleBangladesh executes killer of founding leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has executed a military captain less than a week after he was arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country’s founding leader, a...
View ArticleUS executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — The United States on Thursday carried out its second federal execution this week following a hiatus of nearly two decades, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers...
View ArticleIowa drug kingpin who killed 5 set for execution Friday
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A meth kingpin from Iowa who was convicted of killing two young girls and three adults is scheduled to be executed Friday, the third federal inmate to be put to death this week...
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