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Martin Edward Gurule (November 7, 1969 – November 27, 1998) was an American prisoner who successfully escaped from death row in Texas in 1998. It was the first successful breakout from Texan death row since Raymond Hamilton was broken out by Bonnie and Clyde on January 16, 1934.
A Provisional Irish Republican Army member was sentenced to death for murder before abolition was extended across the UK. European Union human-rights protocols signed in 1999 abolished the death penalty in EU nations, but the UK is no longer an EU member. [18] 1998 Mahmood Hussein Mattan, convicted and hanged 1952, conviction quashed 1998. [19]
Death of the Fox is a 1971 historical fiction novel written by George Garrett, the first of three books set within the historical context of Elizabethan England. the novel explores the relationship between Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I of England, and his subsequent fall from royal favour for alleged conspiracy against James I.
118 years ago on September 10, 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith was the first person ever arrested for drunk driving.
Defending the Guilty is a British television sitcom, starring Will Sharpe and Katherine Parkinson as London barristers. The programme was broadcast in the United Kingdom from 19 September 2018 on BBC Two. A second series was commissioned, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Phil McGraw of TV fame and best-selling author John Grisham on Monday testified before Texas lawmakers who brought a death row inmate’s execution to a sudden halt last week.. The inmate ...
Agofsky, 53, claims he is innocent in the 1989 bank president murder case and disputes how he was charged in the stomping death case. Shannon Agofsky was convicted of two separate murders in 1989 ...
Short video by Amnesty International. Anthony Charles Graves (born August 29, 1965) is the 138th exonerated death row inmate in America. [1] With no record of violence, [1] he was arrested at 26 years old, wrongfully convicted, and incarcerated for 18 years before finally being exonerated and released. [2]