Mother, 57, faces execution by a gunshot to the heart in Taiwan for drug smuggling - but blames her ex-husband after 15lb of cocaine and heroin is found in her suitcase
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Daily Mail ^
| 5-23-24 | OLIVIA DAY and CHRIS JEWERS
An Australian mother of five is facing the death penalty in Taiwan after she was allegedly caught with a stash of cocaine hidden in her suitcase. Debbie
Voulgaris, 57, was arrested at Taoyuan International Airport in December after the drugs were allegedly found in black plastic bags inside her luggage. Taiwanese police allege she was carrying 15lbs of the drug, which - they say - she initially 'vehemently denied' having any knowledge of. She later claimed her ex-husband John was behind the scheme, police say. Ms Voulgaris's lawyer Leon Huang said it was 'essential' her ex took the stand as...
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Elderly Witch Saved From Execution in 1880 by Teacher | Only in Oklahoma
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Tulsa World ^
| 4/14
The middle of Oklahoma is a long way from Salem, Mass., and it had been more than 200 years since the witch trials. But
an elderly Seminole Indian woman was condemned to death as a sorceress in Wewoka in 1880 and came within two hours of facing a firing squad. She had been accused of causing a long-sick woman to choke to death -- by blowing on a piece of bread given to the ill victim, who tried to eat it. The story of the Oklahoma witchcraft case was told in the 1923 memoirs of former mission teacher Antoinette C....
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Missouri declines to halt execution of man who killed couple
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DNYUZ ^
| March 21, 2024 | Staff
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection next month for killing his cousin and her husband 18 years ago. Judge
W. Brent Powell wrote in the unanimous decision that Dorsey “has not demonstrated he is actually innocent” of the first-degree murder convictions that brought him to death row, despite previously pleading guilty to those charges and failing to deny that he committed the crimes. Powell rejected the prisoner’s suggestion in his recent petitions that “he was incapable of deliberation” at the time the murders were...
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Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia's first execution in more than 4 years
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MSN ^
| 3/18 | Jeff Martin
A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. Willie
James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years. Pye was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. A clemency hearing is set for Tuesday. In Georgia, those hearings are conducted in secret, with the result announced afterward. “Had defense counsel...
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'Killed them execution style': Trial begins for man charged in Tacoma (WA) quadruple murder
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KOMO News ^
| 3/5/24 | Jackie Kent
The trial is underway for a man accused in a 2021 quadruple murder in Tacoma. Maleke Pate is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Raymond Williams, Natasha Brincefield, Emery Iese, and Maria Nunez. The shooting victims were identified in court documents and by the Pierce County Prosecuting
Attorney's Office. "Nothing, honestly, is going to bring any closure because our loved ones were taken," Lauvale Iese told KOMO News. Iese lost his wife, son and brother-in-law in the October 2021 shooting. It was an emotional day of opening remarks in a Pierce County courtroom Tuesday that...
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Idaho’s Execution of Prisoner on Death Row Halted When Officials Can’t Establish IV Line
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Idaho Statesman ^
| MARCH 01, 2024 | Kevin Fixler
Idaho’s attempt to execute death row prisoner Thomas Creech, 73, was halted an hour into his scheduled lethal injection after prison officials were unable to establish a vein to insert an IV, according to the Idaho prison system. Creech’s
attempted execution began at 10 a.m. and was called off at 10:58 a.m., media witnesses said. Creech’s death warrant expires just before midnight Wednesday, and it would be allowed to lapse, said Josh Tewalt, director of Idaho Department of Correction. “At approximately 11 a.m., Director Tewalt, after consulting with the medical team leader, determined that the medical team could not establish...
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Trump Seeks Stay on Execution of $83 Million E. Jean Carroll Judgment
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Epoch Times ^
| 2/23/24 | Caden Pearson
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a motion on Friday seeking a stay on the execution of an $83 million judgment against him for 30 days to allow for post-trial motions that may impact the penalty figure. The
motion, citing Rule 62 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, asks for either an “unsecured” or “partially secured” stay of the court’s Feb. 8 judgment until 30 days after the resolution of President Trump’s post-trial motions. The motion requests to grant President Trump the right to “post a bond in an appropriate fraction of the amount of the judgment.” The...
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Execution method used on Alabama inmate has pro-euthanasia activists worried
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Live Action News ^
| January 30, 2024 | Cassy Fiano-Chesser
On Thursday, January 25th, an inmate named Kenneth Smith was executed in Alabama using a new execution method: death by nitrogen hypoxia. And
a notable euthanasia advocate has condemned it, but only because he claims the execution method is “bad publicity” for the assisted death movement. Smith had previously undergone an attempted execution in November of 2022, but the attempts at lethal injection failed. Smith’s legal team claimed that attempting to execute him for a second time would equal cruel and unusual punishment, but the day before the execution, the Supreme Court refused to intervene, denying an appeal. Three of...
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White House ‘deeply troubled’ over execution of man using nitrogen gas in Alabama
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The Hill ^
| 01/26/2024 | BRETT SAMUELS
The White House said Friday it was “deeply troubled” after Alabama executed a man using nitrogen gas in a first-of-its-kind capital punishment. “The
reports of Kenneth Smith and his death last night obviously is very troubling. It is very troubling to us as an administration, it is very troubling to us here at the White House,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “The president has long said and has had deep deep concerns with how the death penalty is implemented and whether it is consistent … with our values,” she added. Smith was put to death Thursday in Alabama night...
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David Icke says arguments for execution are "mentally deranged"
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Twitter/X ^
| Jan 26 | David Icke
@davidicke Authority is the 'moral high ground'? Wife
of killer Kenneth Eugene Smith 'cried out' during his historic 22-minute-long nitrogen execution - which witness described as 'horrific' as he thrashed and 'convulsed' on gurney. Since I was a small kid, when capital punishment was still legal in the UK, I have felt it was sick and ridiculous to say killing is wrong and so we are killing you for killing. It's mentally deranged. But doing it this way means that those who sanctioned it should be certified.
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Alabama carries out first US nitrogen gas execution
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BBC ^
| Jan 25 | BBC
Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used in the US. Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In
2022, Alabama tried and failed to execute Smith by lethal injection. He was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in a killing-for-hire. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Smith is the first person to be put to death using pure nitrogen gas anywhere...
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BREAKING NEWSHistoric first nitrogen gas execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith took 22 MINUTES and murderer 'writhed and shook' for two minutes while 'pulling against the restraints': Last words declared method 'a step back for humanity'
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Daily Mail UK ^
| January 25, 2024 | Will Potter
Kenneth Eugene Smith has become the first person in history to be executed with nitrogen gas. The
convicted killer, 58, had a tight gas mask placed over his nose and mouth before a stream of 100 percent nitrogen gas suffocated him inside the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, Alabama. Smith was officially pronounced dead at 8:25 local time, following a 22-minute ordeal where he appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. He shook violently and pulled on the restraints on the gurney, continuing to breathe the nitrogen gas heavily until he succumbed and passed out....
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SCOTUS denies appeal by Kenneth Eugene Smith to halt world's first nitrogen execution and allows Alabama to put him to death by inhaling the gas: Eats final meal of Waffle House steak and eggs
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Daily Mail UK ^
| January 25, 2024 | Will Potter
The Supreme Court has rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith's Hail Mary request for a stay in execution, meaning he is set to become the first person in history to be put to death with nitrogen gas. Smith
was scheduled be executed at 6pm tonight at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, although his death warrant extends to 6am. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to allow the execution to proceed, with the three Democrat-appointed Justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elana Kagan dissented the opinion of their conservative colleagues. Smith had begged for it to be called off,...
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BREAKING NEWSAlabama can execute prisoner using nitrogen gas rules federal court - after inmate's appeal that it was untested and could lead to a cruel death was rejected: Final decision on method of execution rests with SCOTUS
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Daily Mail UK ^
| January 24, 2024 | Stephen M. Lepore
Alabama will be allowed to put killer Kenneth Eugene Smith to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The ruling refuses to block what would be the nation´s first execution by a new method since 1982. Smith
will be gassed to death with nitrogen hypoxia tomorrow at 6pm in Atmore, Alabama. It will be the first execution of its kind in the US and first known nitrogen execution in the world. Earlier Wednesday, Smith had begged the Supreme court for mercy, citing experts concerns over the method despite previously requesting it and that it would violate the...
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Supreme Court rules nitrogen hypoxia execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith WILL go ahead tomorrow: Denies death row killer's 11th hour request for mercy amid fears over first of its kind gas method
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UK Daily Mail ^
| January 24 2024 | JEN SMITH
The Supreme Court has denied death row killer Kenneth Eugene Smith's last minute request for a stay in execution. Smith
will be executed tomorrow in Atmore, Alabama, with nitrogen hypoxia. It will be the first execution of its kind in the US and first known nitrogen execution in the world. He had begged the court for mercy, citing experts concerns over the method despite previously requesting it.
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Entire platoon of Putin's army fled their trenches on the Ukrainian front line and tried to escape to Crimea with Russian commanders threatening execution for deserters, Ukraine claims
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The Daily Mail ^
| 12 Jan 2024 | Elena Salvoni
An entire platoon of the Russian army fled their frontline trenches and tried to escape to Crimea as commanders threatened execution for deserters, Ukraine claims. Oleksandr
Shtupun, the spokesman for the Tavria Grouping of Troops, said that 'nearly 40 invaders' had 'recently' tried to escape to the peninsula, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014. 'I'm talking about an entire platoon of the Russian army. There were reports that they were being hunted down in an attempt to bring them back,' he told Espreso Tv, adding that the deserters were armed. The military spokesperson also reportedly said that a...
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Alabama's plan for nitrogen gas execution slammed as 'hostile to religion' in lawsuit
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Washington Examiner ^
| December 14, 2023 03:24 PM | by Luke Gentile, Social Media Producer
Attorneys for the spiritual adviser of a soon-to-be executed inmate filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the restrictions placed upon the adviser due to the method of execution are "hostile to religion." Officials
with the Alabama Department of Corrections instructed the Rev. Jeff Hood that it could be dangerous to his health when he stands by Kenneth Eugene Smith in the execution chamber, according to a report. Smith is slated to be the first inmate in Alabama to be put to death via nitrogen gas, and Hood purportedly was asked to sign a waiver recognizing the risks that could arise...
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NYPD cop killer freed by parole board despite execution-style murder as family fumes: ‘My brother’s never coming home’
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NY Post.com ^
| 11/5/23 | Tina Moore
NYPD cop killer freed by parole board despite execution-style murder as family fumes: ‘My brother’s never coming home’ A cold-blooded killer who murdered a cop execution-style outside a Queens nightclub will be a free man by the end of November — despite the heinous nature of his crime, the Post has learned.
Police Officer Paul Heidelberger was 28 when he was shot to death outside a Bayside, Queens, nightclub while off duty in 1992. His killer, Patrick Bannon, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison but the state parole board granted his release in October and he’ll be...
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JUST IN: Hamas Terrorists Threaten Mass Execution of Civilian Hostages (Including Americans) on Live TV as Joe Biden Takes the Rest of Monday Off (VIDEO)
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Gateway Pundit ^
| Oct. 9, 2023 2:00 pm | By Cullen Linebarger
Hamas is threatening to escalate their war crimes further while Joe Biden refuses to perform his sworn duties as commander-in-chief. As
Cristina Laila previously reported, the Biden regime called a lid before noon. The so-called president will be prioritizing nap time over doing his job. The Regime made this move for the feeble Joe even as Hamas kidnaps young women, abuses the bodies of the victims, beheads Israeli soldiers, and slaughters innocent civilians at peace gatherings. The news gets even worse, though. Hamas is now threatening a mass execution of innocent hostages in Israel on live television each time an...
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Caught on Tape: Female Crime Scene Investigator Targeted for Execution
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CBS NEWS ^
| OCTOBER 6, 2023 | Betsy Shuller
Who wanted Nicki Lenway dead? That
was the question police were asking on the evening of April 20, 2022. Around 7:30 p.m., Lenway had pulled into the parking lot of FamilyWise parenting center to pick up her 5-year-old son, Callahan. She was halfway between her car and the door when she was ambushed from behind and shot multiple times at point-blank range. Miraculously, Lenway survived, telling "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty, "I fell to the ground. ... And the shooter stands over me and continues to try to shoot." The mystery of who tried to kill Lenway is unraveled in...
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