After the Islamic State warned westerners that they would kill Alan Henning in a video released last month, the extremist Sunni group has carried out their threat and released the video showing the murder of the British hostage. Henning was a taxi driver and agreed to come to Syria to help in humanitarian missions as a driver. The 47-year-old was kidnapped last December, as he was driving a … [Read more...]
Woman Executed in Texas for Having Starved 9-Year-Old Boy
The African American woman that had starved and tortured her girlfriend’s 9 year old boy over ten years ago was executed in Texas on Wednesday, September 17th. Lisa Coleman, the woman in question, had appealed the court’s decision, but in spite of her last-day appeal, the United States Supreme Court decided to go on with the execution. Coleman received a lethal injection on Wednesday evening. … [Read more...]
Autopsy of Oklahoma Inmate Doesn’t Explain His Troubled Death
A private autopsy was conducted on the Oklahoma inmate who died after his execution was halted. It was revealed that he was indeed killed by the lethal drugs that were initially given to him as part of his execution. What the autopsy does not do is offer an explanation about why the man moaned, clenched his teeth and writhed for 43 minutes before dying. Clayton Lockett, the Oklahoma inmate whose … [Read more...]
Oklahoma Sued over Execution Viewing Procedures by Media Outlets
Two news organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the Oklahoma prison officials saying that they violated the First Amendment when they kept reporters from viewing parts of a botched execution that took place earlier this year. Clayton Locket was the death row inmate whose execution started the lawsuit. The man moaned, clenched his teeth, writhed and looked as if he were feeling … [Read more...]