[Link] Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award

Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.

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[Link] Oklahoma executes man for 2001 murders of two hotel workers

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the murders of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001. Donald Grant, 46, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10.16am.

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[Link] Julius Jones Won't Be Executed

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

Julius Jones, the Black death row inmate whom Oklahoma planned to kill Thursday afternoon, will be granted clemency, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced. His sentence will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 

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[Link] Intellectually Disabled Man Spared Imminent Execution After Catching COVID

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

In a twist few saw coming, Singapore’s highest court has delayed the execution of an intellectually disabled man convicted of drug trafficking after he was found to have tested positive for COVID-19.

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