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Katsina Court Sentence Guard and Cook to Death Over Former Commissioner’s 2021 Murder

Katsina Court Sentence Guard and Cook to Death Over Former Commissioner’s 2021 Murder

Justice Ibrahim Mashi of Katsina High Court has sentenced two former domestic staff to death by hanging for the 2021 murder of Rabe Nasir, a former Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology. The court ruled that Shamsu Lawal, a security guard, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, a cook, were guilty of poisoning the commissioner after failing...

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Hospital Says It Never Agreed To Deactivate Inmate’s Heart Device Before Execution

Hospital Says It Never Agreed To Deactivate Inmate’s Heart Device Before Execution

A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row inmate’s heart-regulating implant before his execution next week. After a Nashville judge ordered the deactivation of Byron Black’s device, a Tennessee Department of Correction official said in a court declaration that...