Authorities have captured a Louisiana inmate who escaped from a parish jail, a feat he also accomplished nearly a year ago. Tra’Von Johnson, 22, was taken back into custody on Friday night, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Johnson made his latest escape Thursday night from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, which has a history of […]
Man executed by firing squad was conscious for up to a minute after bullets missed target, lawyers say
An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his heart, according to a pathologist hired by the inmate’s attorneys. An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi’s torso […]