Scot stays on death row for Christmas
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Briton due to be released after spending 20 years on death row in US taken to hospital with chest pains
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Sweden's highest court on Friday wrapped up its trial of the man who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh last year, with prosecutors demanding that he be put away behind bars for life.
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A British man who came close to being executed by the state of Ohio for killing a 2-year-old girl was set free under a plea deal on Monday, with plans to return to his home in Scotland, authorities said.
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A Briton whose US murder conviction was quashed after 18 years on death row has spoken of his anger.
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Despite indications that she would be released, a minister's wife charged with killing her husband will remain jailed because of problems discovered with her bonding company, a judge ruled Friday.
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STOCKHOLM: The confessed killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had his life sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court yesterday after he appealed for leniency saying he was mentally ill when he stabbed her.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Houston woman remained on schedule Tuesday to become the 24th Texas death-row inmate to be executed this year.
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A confessed serial killer was put away for the rest of his life Tuesday after being convicted in a murder case brought by Michigan prosecutors in a desperate bid to keep him from getting out of prison less two years from now.
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A Georgia man condemned to die received a stay of execution on Thursday in the latest reprieve since the U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to rule on a challenge to the lethal injection method.
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A Briton who spent more than 21 years on death row in America is due to return to Scotland after he was freed by a US court.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge on Monday  stayed the execution of a Connecticut serial killer, who had  been scheduled later this week to become the first person put  to death in New England in 45 years.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 -- A judge's decision to keep a stymied jury deliberating for 12 hours just days before Christmas could be grounds to overturn a manslaughter verdict against a black man convicted of shooting a white teenager, criminal defense lawyers said Wednesday.
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A prison sentence given to a drink-driver who killed five people is not long enough, say a victim's parents.
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The nun who inspired Holywood movie Dead Man Walking says death row Scot Kenny Richey should be freed.
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Â· Doctor accused of ordering killings during civil war  Â· Three others also face extradition from UK
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Tyrone Williams is one of 14 people accused of taking part in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt. But he's the only one who is black &#151; and he's the only one who faces the death penalty.
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A man who has been on Death Row for 20 years for the murder of a two-year-old girl is to be freed after a plea bargain.