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Brian Dorsey executed 18 years after killing cousin, her husband

A Missouri death row inmate who murdered his cousin and a married couple before assaulting them apologized to his family for his brutality before his execution Tuesday. Brian Dorsey, 52, had two appeals rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court after he brutally murdered Sarah and Ben Bonney in 2006. “I am truly, deeply and overwhelmingly […]

Alabama inmate becomes first in U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas

Alabama on Thursday became the first state to use nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate. Kenneth Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, becoming the first executioner in the United States to be executed using an untested method. Smith was executed in 1988 for […]