1st of 2 inmates is put to death in Florida
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The last meals of two Florida death row inmates executed less than five hours apart have been revealed –– after the state became the first in nearly a decade to carry out a double execution in one day.
Barring a last-hour intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, two Florida death row inmates will be executed within hours of each other Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. James Aren Duckett,
Hines was convicted of the 1985 stabbing murder of a Kingston Springs motel maid named Katherine Jean Jenkins.
Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out a double execution in one day with the lethal injections of a child murderer and an octogenarian. Former police officer James Duckett,
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Death Row Inmate Dies Decades After Hiring Friend to Kill Pregnant Wife Days Before Her Due Date
Jerry T. Bunyard was convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of his wife and her unborn child due, who was due that week
Jerry T. Bunyard hired a childhood friend to kill his pregnant wife in their San Joaquin County home, planning to stage the murder as a suicide.
Florida has executed the oldest prisoner in its history, the latest in a spate of capital punishments against elderly death-row inmates. Dennis Sochor was 74 when he was pronounced dead on Tuesday. He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford in 1982 ...
A California death row inmate convicted in the killings of his pregnant wife and her unborn child has died while incarcerated, according to state prison officials.
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A former Louisiana death row inmate has been freed after unseen video shows a forensic dentist “creating” bite marks on a dead child’s body. Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, who spent 27 years on death row,