On Thursday, a Japanese court acquitted 88-year-old Hakamata, who was mistakenly sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering a family.
A sicko self-described as the “Zombie Hunter”, who would drive around in a car spattered with fake blood, has been sentenced to death for the brutal murder of two women around 30 years ago.
To draw attention to the penal system in the US, photographer Jackie Black recreates the last meals requested by prisoners on death row.
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There were a few lessons to be learnt from Monday’s televised DA debate, and Mmusi Maimane raised a few issues that set tongues wagging.
What’s hot on TV in China’s Henan Province these days? Just a little show where death row inmates are interviewed moments before they are killed for their crimes. The show is called “Interview Before Execution” and it has China riveted to the tune of nearly 40 million viewers every week.
The ashes of Janice Linden, the South African woman who was executed in China for drug smuggling, have finally been returned to local shores. Her family was devastated to receive a plain brown cardboard box containing the remains of their daughter from Chinese authorities. The South African powers-that-be have been criticised for not doing enough to stop the execution.