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South Carolina’s longest-serving death row inmate dies of natural causes after 42 years in prison

truenewj8 months ago02 mins

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was sentenced to death in 1983 for raping and strangling a woman in Newberry County and stealing her jewelry, according to court…

Five executions in eight days. Why the death penalty is increasingly used

truenewj8 months ago05 mins

Thirty-four men have been executed by court order in the United States this year, and eight more are scheduled before it closes, five of whom will die in the next eight days. This year’s total already far exceeds the 25 executions carried out last year. It could mark the highest figure since 2012, when 43…