Michigan City, Indiana — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, without any independent witness, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years and the 24th in the U.S. this year. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged the police to register the recent Kultuli rape-murder case under POCSO Act. She added that the culprits should be given capital punishment within three months. She also said that media trials in rape cases must stop as it could hamper investigations. The chief minister said crime … Read more
Amid protests by medical students in West Bengal over the rape and murder of a postgraduate student of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that she will hand over the case to the CBI if the Kolkata Police fails to solve it by August 18. “We wanted this … Read more
The US state of Alabama has executed a convicted murderer using the method of nitrogen asphyxiation. This is the first time that the method of capital punishment has been used in the country. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted in 1989 for murdering a pastor’s wife in a killing-for-hire. Smith had appealed to the US Supreme … Read more
