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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: This only happens to rap music'

James Broadnax, who is 37, describes how he writes: 'I've been here umpteen days never forgetting To forget the absence of my fate. Sloppy ciphered sentences become rage, Provoking thoughts into words spoken Across this blank page.'
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World politics
fromThe Walrus
3 weeks ago

I Was a Prisoner in Iran. I've Seen the US Meddle in the Region for Decades | The Walrus

During the 1984 Iran-Iraq War bombardment of Tehran, a death row prisoner and prison guard found unexpected human connection amid shared mortality and mutual vulnerability.
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fromIndependent
10 months ago
UK news

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours distraught as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78) and man killed in Galway house fire

fromIndependent
10 months ago
UK news

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours distraught as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78) and man killed in house fire

Sunny Jacobs was exonerated after being wrongfully sentenced to death for a double murder.
Her recent tragic death in a fire has impacted her community deeply.
fromIndependent
10 months ago
UK news

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours react as woman killed in Galway house fire named as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78)

Sunny Jacobs was wrongfully convicted and spent 17 years imprisoned before being exonerated.
UK news
fromIndependent
10 months ago

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours distraught as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78) and man killed in Galway house fire

Sunny Jacobs, a wrongfully convicted woman, died in a house fire in Galway alongside her carer.
fromIndependent
10 months ago
UK news

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours distraught as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78) and man killed in house fire

fromIndependent
10 months ago
UK news

'An unspeakable tragedy' - neighbours react as woman killed in Galway house fire named as death row survivor Sunny Jacobs (78)

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California
fromABC7 San Francisco
6 months ago

Serial killer Joseph Naso calls I-Team from prison as he faces new investigations

Convicted serial killer Joseph Naso denies credibility of a fellow inmate's claim he confessed to killing 26 women while facing renewed investigations.
fromThe Local France
8 months ago

Frenchman given conditional release after years on Indonesia death row

Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old welder from Metz, was flown back to France in February after being on death row in Indonesia since 2007.
France news
Social justice
fromIrish Independent
9 months ago

The Indo Daily: Sunny Jacobs - Victim complex or a complex victim?

Sunny Jacobs, despite her tragic death, is remembered for her extraordinary life marked by wrongful conviction and survival.
Social justice
fromThe Atlantic
9 months ago

The Atlantic's July Cover Story: Elizabeth Bruenig's "Witness," on Sin and Redemption in America's Death Chambers

Elizabeth Bruenig's cover story in The Atlantic reveals her deep exploration of capital punishment through a lens of forgiveness and redemption.
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fromIndependent
9 months ago
UK news

Former death row prisoner Sunny Jacobs may have been woken by blaze before she died of smoke inhalation

fromIrish Independent
10 months ago
Social justice

Woman who died in Galway house fire named as Sunny Jacobs, US citizen who spent years on death row after wrongful murder conviction

fromIndependent
9 months ago
UK news

Former death row prisoner Sunny Jacobs may have been woken by blaze before she died of smoke inhalation

fromIrish Independent
10 months ago
Social justice

Woman who died in Galway house fire named as Sunny Jacobs, US citizen who spent years on death row after wrongful murder conviction

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