Photo: Bob Berg/Getty Images The Brooklyn federal trial against Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr. for the 2002 murder of Run-D.M.C.’s DJ Jam Master Jay started in earnest on Monday, January 29, with the prosecution describing the beloved musician’s grisly death as “an execution.” “It was motivated by greed and revenge,” prosecutor Miranda Gonzalez told… Continue reading Jam Master Jay Death Was an Execution: Murder Trial Day One
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Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution
The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of Alabama on Thursday evening will be carried out by a procedure that has never been used for capital punishment in the United States. The inmate, Kenneth Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 stabbing murder, will be put to death by inhaling nitrogen… Continue reading Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution