They are some of the country's most notorious killers and their crimes shocked the world. Here are their last meals before ...

Now that the state of South Carolina has three court-approved methods that a condemned convict can choose from to meet his maker, it’s curious lawmakers didn’t consider a tried-and-true method ...

What is known about the First Republic, the political regime founded during the Revolution that governed France from 1792 to ...

The Viet Minh kicked off the network, when it was a sort of southern gateway to the Ho Chi Minh trail in the 1940s as the ...

Although it is an unlikely weapon, the “flying guillotine” was a big hit with martial arts fans when it featured in the eponymous film The Flying Guillotine in 1975. The gruesome invention ...

IN LIGHT OF SOUTH CAROLINA SETTING THE DATE FOR THE FIRST EXECUTION IN OVER ... lethal injection. His last meal consisted of pizza, fried fish, popcorn shrimp, french fries, cherry cheesecake ...

it’s curious lawmakers didn’t consider a tried-and-true method of execution so gruesome that it should be certain to have a deterrent effect: the guillotine. South Carolina is scheduled to get ...

The only Australian man to reach the final this century was Lleyton Hewitt, who was beaten in 2005. Noah remains the last Frenchman to win at Roland Garros and the last French player to win a men’s ...

2.1. In order to put an end to the excess of the Reign of Terror, the National Convention voted to execute Robespierre and several other leading members of the Terror ...

62.2 x 51.4 x 51.4 cm. (24.5 x 20.2 x 20.2 in.) ...

Two new court filings are again aiming to halt the impending execution of Marcellus Williams, a condemned inmate in Missouri who has maintained his innocence throughout his decades on death row.

Here, the water level on the river varies from about 3 metres (9.8 ft) below to about 5 metres (16 ft) above canal level. The four paddles for equalising the water level are clearly visible, but ...