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11 members of the Ming family were executed in China. Stock image credit / Shuttertstock

11 members of mafia family that made a billion a year executed

A Chinese court has executed 11 members of a powerful mafia-style family for running “an especially vile” billion-dollar scam and gambling operation out of Myanmar, where trafficked workers were detained – and sometimes killed – ...

Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death in 1996. Credit / Tennessee Department of Correction & YouTube

US state set to execute first woman in over 200 years – her horrific crime revealed

The US state of Tennessee may soon carry out its first execution of a woman in over 200 years after its Supreme Court gave the green light to carry out the sentence handed down to ...

Stephen Bryant. Credit: South Carolina Department of Corrections

Chilling detail in triple murderer’s final meal before being executed by firing squad

South Carolina triple murderer Stephen Bryant has been executed by a firing squad. The murderer, who pleaded guilty to his crimes in 2008, chose the firing squad over lethal injection. Now, details on his last meal ...

Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of killing seven men. Credit / YouTube

“Queen of Serial Killers” had chilling last words before her execution

The woman who garnered the monikers the “Damsel of Death” and “Queen of Serial Killers” shared a chilling statement before she was executed for her crimes. Aileen Wuornos rose to become arguably the US’ most ...

Anthony Todd Boyd (Credit / Alabama Department of Corrections). Stock image credit: Shutterstock

Inmate’s haunting final act of life before execution by controversial method

Anthony Todd Boyd yesterday became the seventh inmate in Alabama to be executed using a new controversial method, just hours after it was condemned. The 54-year-old’s sentence was carried out in the evening of October ...