Known as the Lambeth Poisoner, after murdering four prostitutes with strychnine, it is alleged that he told the hangman at Newgate prison: "I am Jack." He received the death penalty after ... he said: ...

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Public accounts of the proceedings will come exclusively from the Department of Correction because Indiana law doesn't allow ...

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The DOJ considered the death penalty but decided against it. Trice pleaded guilty in state and federal courts and is serving ...

Progressive Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón is running for reelection against a former prosecutor who says ...

Death row inmate Richard Moore has been executed after South Carolina's governor rejected a plea to change his sentence to life in prison.

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