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Will Biden Commute the Sentences of 40 People on Death Row?

Five days after Orlando Hall was executed in November 2020 in the federal death chamber, Donald Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden for the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony. The enormous white birds, Corn and Cob, stood ridiculously as Trump wished them a “very long, happy, and memorable life.” At the Special Confinement […]

World News

Biden clarifies ‘garbage’ comment after fresh US election row

Watch: Joe Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment after Puerto Rico row President Joe Biden has tried to clarify comments that triggered a fresh row, after he was accused of calling supporters of Donald Trump “garbage”. He was responding to comic Tony Hinchcliffe who sparked controversy by calling Puerto Rico, a US territory, an “island of garbage” during […]

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King-heckling row grows as violent image taken down

‘You are not my King’: Moment King Charles is heckled by Australian politician Some Indigenous leaders have criticised an Australian senator’s heckling of King Charles, as she faces a backlash over a violent image of the monarch briefly posted to her social media account. Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal woman, made global headlines when she shouted […]

Politics

Dr Phil warns Texas hearing that executing ‘shaken baby’ death row inmate would ‘100%’ be miscarriage of justice

Dr Phillip McGraw is testifying at a Texas legislature hearing regarding the case of Robert Robersonan autistic death row inmate whose life was spared last week after lawmakers subpoenaed him to testify on Monday. Roberson, 57, has been blocked from appearing at the hearing in-person. McGraw, the TV doctor and chat show host known as […]

Weather

Oklahoma death row inmate had three ‘last meals.’ He’s back at Supreme Court in new bid for freedom

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has set execution dates nine times for death row inmate Richard Glossip. The state has fed him three “last meals.” Glossip has even been married twice while awaiting execution. Somehow, he’s still here, even after the Supreme Court rejected his challenge to Oklahoma’s lethal injection process nine years ago. Now, […]

Sports

Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports File NASCAR Antitrust Lawsuit | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Basketball legend Michael Jordan is on the verge of a legal battle. Per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports jointly filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR alleging that the league has used anti-competitive practices to prevent fair competition in the sport. “Everyone knows […]

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World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan

Reuters Iwao Hakamada has been awaiting his potential execution for 56 years An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court, after it found that evidence used against him was fabricated. Iwao Hakamada, who has been on death row for more than half a century, was […]