Tag: execution

Executed killer mistook victim for brother’s murderer

International July 16, 2025 at 14:00

Michael Bernard Bell, a convicted killer who spent decades on death row in Florida, was executed on Tuesday for a 1993 double murder he...

ON THIS DAY: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage (1953)

On this Day June 19, 2025 at 13:24

On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—a married couple from New York City—were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in...

Iran hangs man convicted of killing seven at 2022 protest

International June 12, 2025 at 15:11

Iran executed a man on Wednesday after convicting him of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary...

ON THIS DAY: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is executed (1945)

On this Day April 28, 2025 at 14:14

On 28 April 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were captured and executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to...

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