One hundred and forty inmates on death row are awaiting execution in Kano State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kano State Command, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kano that those on death row are of both genders. “Kano Correctional Centre has no hangman because it is a Medium Security Custodial Centre,’’ …

  Melissa Lucio had long maintained her innocence. New evidence and expert testimony emerged casting strong doubt on her guilt.  The highest criminal court in Texas on Monday ordered a halt to the execution of a Hispanic mother of 14 convicted of killing her 2-year-old child more than a decade ago in a case that has drawn bipartisan outrage. The …

  Police have arrested the woman they think is responsible for the heinous execution-style murder which took place earlier this year in Brooklyn, New York City. Claudia Banton, 42, was arrested in Jacksonville, FL for her role in the Aug. 4 death of Delia Johnson, also 42. In a tweet announcing the arrest, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea wrote, “You can run, …