University of Idaho victims’ families seeking donations to attend Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial
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University of Idaho victims’ families seeking donations to attend Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial

A pair of University of Idaho families whose daughters were allegedly slaughtered by Bryan Kohberger are raising money so they can attend the murder trial hundreds of miles away from their homes. Bryan Kohberger is set to face trial in the Nov. 13, 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen,…

What is shaken baby syndrome? And why might a Texas man be executed for it? | Health News

What is shaken baby syndrome? And why might a Texas man be executed for it? | Health News

In 2002, Robert Roberson found his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, unresponsive after she fell off a bed in the family’s house in the East Texas city of Palestine. Roberson took her to hospital, but a day later, the baby tragically died after succumbing to a head injury. Within a year,…

Texas state judge orders pause for controversial ‘shaken baby’ execution | Death Penalty News

Texas state judge orders pause for controversial ‘shaken baby’ execution | Death Penalty News

A state judge in Texas has issued a last-minute decision to pause the execution of Robert Roberson, a man convicted in a controversial case of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson is believed to be the first person ever sentenced to death in the United States for an alleged killing linked to…

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023 | Death Penalty News

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023 | Death Penalty News

In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International (HRI), an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for…

Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death on China spy charges | Espionage News

Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death on China spy charges | Espionage News

Yang has been detained for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected. Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was detained in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean Yang’s…

Alabama carries out first US execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas | Death Penalty News

Alabama carries out first US execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas | Death Penalty News

Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived an earlier execution attempt by lethal injection, was killed on Thursday night. Kenneth Smith, a convicted murderer, has become the first person to be executed by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas in the United States. Officials said 58-year-old Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25pm on…

Gunman in racist mass shooting in Buffalo to face death penalty | Death Penalty News

Gunman in racist mass shooting in Buffalo to face death penalty | Death Penalty News

Payton Gendron murdered 10 Black people at a supermarket in New York state in 2022. Federal prosecutors in the United States will seek the death penalty against Payton Gendron, a white supremacist who murdered 10 Black people during a livestreamed supermarket rampage in New York state. Gendron, 20, is already…

Iran says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad | Death Penalty News

Iran says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad | Death Penalty News

Three men and one woman accused of being ‘saboteurs’ were hanged for their ‘collaboration with the Zionist regime’. Iran has executed three men and one woman who were convicted for their alleged links to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, according to media affiliated with the judiciary. “Four members of a sabotage group…