Death row Scot 'to be released'
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A Scot who was on death row in the US is to attend an appeal hearing which should see him released.
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The US-born, Saudi detainee at the center of a landmark terrorism case, is being released within days, his attorney and the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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A killer whose life was spared last year when Illinois&#39; governor emptied out death row could again face a death sentence - this time in Missouri - if convicted of murdering his boss in St.
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A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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Solicitor Pat Finucaneâs killer was jailed for minimum of 22 years at Belfast Crown Court today. Ken Barrett, 41, a police informer, was told by Mr Justice Weir that he had been involved in a cruel, callous
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A murderer who absconded from an open prison and was then recaptured is found hanging in a cell.
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A death row inmate whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court banning execution of the mentally retarded has had his sentence commuted to life in prison.
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Oklahoma is set to execute a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Tuesday who is terminally ill with cancer and is expected to die in a few months' time anyway.
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A judge agreed Thursday to release a man serving a 20-year sentence for a 1992 rape that DNA tests showed he didn't commit.
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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a death row inmate convicted of killing three men 26 years ago.
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Scotland's top prosecutor will make a statement to parliament after the collapse of the World's End murder trial.
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A Belfast man who has served 25 years in jail for murdering three Irish Army colleagues is to transfer to an NI jail.
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A controversial prison ship could soon be heading for the Thames, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
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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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An appeal hearing agrees to Kenny Richey's release from prison after the Scot spent 20 years on death row.
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A man who has spent 19 years behind bars for rape and murder was cleared by new DNA testing and will be released from prison, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Briton due to be released after spending 20 years on death row in US taken to hospital with chest pains