Corey Johnson, 52, was federally executed by lethal injection on Thursday The death sentence of convicted murderer Corey Johnson has been carried out, in what is set to the penultimate federal execution of President Donald Trump’s term. Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 11.34pm on Thursday following lethal injection with pentobarbital at the U.S. Department of … Read more
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he … Read more
The daughter of a British aid worker who was beheaded on camera by ISIS terrorist ‘Jihadi John’ has revealed she was sick after watching his execution alone in a bathroom. Bethany Haines, 23, said she turned to self-harm and alcohol after her father and humanitarian worker David Haines, 44, was killed in 2014. It was the … Read more
An Iranian women’s rights activist has been granted refugee status in Turkey, just hours after she was arrested and threatened with deportation. Maryam Shariatmadari, 35, who fled Iran after taking part in anti-hijab protests, was arrested in the western Turkish city of Dinizli on Monday and taken to a detention centre for undocumented migrants. In a … Read more
Extreme allegations that a ‘rogue’ SAS unit carried out night missions in which they executed civilians in Afghanistan villages have come to light in court documents. The trove of secret files was previously withheld from an ongoing High Court legal case by the government, causing a judge to demand an explanation from defence secretary Ben Wallace. … Read more