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Missouri executes man whose last words were to maintain his innocence

May 20th 2020, 7:38 AM 57,684 74

#DEATH PENALTY
Man who murdered 19 people at disability care home in Japan is sentenced to death

Mar 16th 2020, 10:39 AM 16,789 17

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast

Aug 22nd 2019, 7:25 AM 28,351 28

#I-95 KILLER
The US government is to start executions again and five murderers have already been given deathdays

Jul 25th 2019, 9:39 PM 41,582 98

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Three French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq

May 26th 2019, 4:00 PM 14,478 25

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle

May 26th 2017, 4:33 PM 20,354 28

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
A US prisoner will face the death penalty tonight - for the eighth time

May 25th 2017, 8:10 PM 22,423 27

#DEATH ROW
Qatar will execute a man who killed a British teacher and burned her body in the desert

Apr 30th 2017, 3:25 PM 40,320 23

#LAUREN PATTERSON
Arkansas execution spree ends after another man is put to death

Apr 28th 2017, 7:04 AM 18,505 33

#LETHAL INJECTION
Arkansas wants to execute a record seven men in 11 days

Apr 10th 2017, 1:31 PM 17,733 93

#DEATH PEANALTY
'If you have the death penalty, you can't be in the EU' - The simple message to Turkey

Mar 19th 2017, 1:34 PM 17,036 57

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Ireland's death penalty was a 'quaint throwback' but not everyone wanted to get rid of it

Jan 1st 2017, 8:00 AM 17,369 58

#1986 STATE PAPRS
Crime, murder and the end of the Civil War: The story of the first man hanged by the Irish Free State

Dec 26th 2016, 10:00 PM 17,616 11

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
It's through: Dublin City Council budget passes after filling €15 million shortfall

Nov 14th 2016, 8:22 PM 12,918 33

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The average asking price for a house in Dublin city is now €314,311

Jul 4th 2016, 7:50 AM 24,775 57

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
'Hanging is too mild for such a savage': The story of the youngest man executed by the Irish State

Jun 11th 2016, 10:00 PM 60,703 48

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The new President of the Philippines says he will hang criminals and let snipers shoot to kill

May 16th 2016, 8:52 AM 16,761 38

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The man who lived: How one convicted murderer escaped Ireland's death penalty

Mar 28th 2016, 9:45 PM 39,602 22

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Convicted murderer Romell Broom survived one execution but he now faces a second

Mar 16th 2016, 9:55 PM 26,000 64

#LETHAL INJECTION
An Iranian billionaire has been sentenced to death

Mar 6th 2016, 4:36 PM 46,075 36

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Georgia has just executed its oldest death row inmate

Feb 3rd 2016, 9:12 AM 22,701 59

#LETHAL INJECTION
72-year-old man on death row in the US to be executed tomorrow

Feb 1st 2016, 10:09 PM 28,337 73

#LETHAL INJECTION
Triple child killer who murdered his daughter in petrol-filled house fire is executed

Nov 19th 2015, 5:40 PM 22,164 47

#PUT TO DEATH
Pakistan wants to hang a paraplegic wheelchair user

Sep 22nd 2015, 7:21 AM 21,906 49

#DEATH PENALTY
"He can rot in hell" - Man who killed girlfriend and her two-year-old with a butcher knife is executed

Jun 10th 2015, 8:08 AM 17,002 25

#LETHAL INJECTION
Australia's Bali Nine ringleaders will die tomorrow despite corruption claims

Apr 27th 2015, 10:59 AM 19,966 95

#DEATH SENTENCE
Poll: Should countries be allowed to execute foreign citizens?

Mar 25th 2015, 9:03 AM 16,586 87

#YOUR SAY
Fine Gael kick-starts its election preparations this week and Dublin will be VERY interesting

Mar 23rd 2015, 1:45 PM 23,144 123

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Utah politicians vote to bring back firing squads

Mar 11th 2015, 2:20 PM 13,481 63

#EXECUTION
Saudi Arabia beheads murderer, the fifth execution under new king

Feb 1st 2015, 1:35 PM 20,680 56

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Slow botched execution of Oklahoma murderer ruled constitutional by US court

Dec 23rd 2014, 3:25 PM 16,119 69

#CLAYTON LOCKETT
Businesses want to make Dublin city safer - here's how

Dec 18th 2014, 3:54 PM 9,588 20

#CAPITAL IDEAS
Executioners in Oklahoma's botched execution couldn't inject the needle properly

Sep 4th 2014, 9:09 PM 23,824 91

#DEATH PENALTY
A history of capital punishment: 50 years since last hanging took place in the UK

Aug 13th 2014, 7:50 AM 26,080 67

#IN PICTURES
News organisations take Missouri to court over lethal injection policy

May 15th 2014, 11:08 PM 13,084 65

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
After botched executions, Boston bombing suspect asks US to rule out death penalty

May 8th 2014, 7:14 PM 20,756 115

#PLEA
White House says botched execution wasn't humane, but maintains support for death penalty

Apr 30th 2014, 7:39 PM 23,997 122

#CLAYTON LOCKETT
The first 'double execution' in the US for 14 years will be carried out on Tuesday

Apr 24th 2014, 9:52 PM 42,600 180

#DEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment, fining criminals and how to stop wasting water

Apr 8th 2014, 9:00 AM 6,198 2

#OIREACHTAS AGENDA
Dublin's number one problem - who will replace Stephen Cluxton this weekend?

Mar 31st 2014, 1:16 PM 5,969 8

#CAPITAL PUNISHMENT