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Execution

    Gulf War veteran executed for 1998 murders of his girlfriend and her three children
    Texas man executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing to death of young mother
    US to carry out first firing squad execution since 2010
    US state executes two men despite conviction doubts
    Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas using controversial method for the first time
    UN urges Alabama to halt first US execution using nitrogen gas, says it could 'amount to torture'
    Ukraine vows revenge for soldier shot after saying pro-Ukraine chant in viral video
    Texas executes man who admitted murders but said trial was tainted by racial bias
    Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
    First transgender inmate executed in the US
    International outcry of 'inhumanity' as Iran carries out execution over Amini protests
    Iran carries out first known execution over Mahsa Amini protests
    Myanmar military junta executes four political prisoners
    Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite pleas for clemency
    US carries out first federal execution of woman since 1953
    US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
    Quadruple murderer put to death in Tennessee despite lawyers request for stay of execution
    Japan executes Chinese man convicted of 2003 murder - the first foreigner executed in 10 years
    US inmate due to be executed next week granted stay amid claims new evidence could exonerate him
    Man who claimed his murder trial was tainted by homophobia executed in South Dakota
    Man (37) who was convicted of two murders executed in Texas jail
    Florida executes serial killer who targeted gay men along US east coast
    Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast
    Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
    Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
    'I just want to say I'm really sorry' - Tennessee executes man who raped and killed a child
    Leader of Japanese doomsday cult executed
    'It hurts' - Texas executes 'ice pick killer', denies him last-minute appeal to face firing squad
    Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
    Florida killer yells 'murderers!' as he is put to death
    Texas serial killer gets stay from execution after last-minute revelations
    Man put to death using new lethal injection for racist murder
    Man executed in Texas despite last-ditch claims lawyer defended him using Wikipedia for research
    Last-minute appeals for mentally ill prisoner due to be executed tomorrow in the US
    US prisoner Tommy Arthur executed in Alabama after three decade legal battle
    Arkansas struggling to get more lethal injection drugs
    US judge blocks plan to execute nine people in 10 days
    Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
    30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executed
    Diplomat labelled 'human scum' by North Korea vows to expose 'gruesome' regime
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