Updated: May 12 2021, 11:23 ET
From a fetus murderer to a maniac dubbed the Scorecard Killer , almost 20,000 people are known to be on death row across the world.
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According to Amnesty International, 483 people, excluding China, were executed last year - including 16 women.
China remained the world s leading executioner in 2020 – but the true number of executions is unknown as the figures are classified as a state secret, Amnesty said.
Excluding China, 88 percent of all recorded executions, including beheading, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection and shooting, took place in just four countries - Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Egypt more than tripled its reported executions - from at least 32 to at least 107.
Death Row s most dangerous inmates and vile crimes - including prolific Scorecard Killer
From killing unborn babies to having sex with the corpses of their victims, the most feared men in America are awaiting their fate by lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad, lethal gas or hanging
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Superintendents thrilled with levy passages
By Scott Halasz - shalasz@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA Don’t be shocked if you see some area superintendents doing cartwheels through their buildings this week.
Voters in the Beavercreek, Bellbrook-Sugarcreek, and Xenia school districts unofficially passed crucial property tax levies Tuesday, providing funding for day-to-day operations and a new middle school.
In Xenia, the fifth time was the charm as voters finally gave the OK for a new Warner Middle School. The district had been trying to pass some type of middle school levy since November 2016, when it went for a combined HS/MS complex. The levies failed four times prior to Tuesday.
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Michael and Dorene Warchut of Green Valley throw a second truckload of green waste from their home into a dumpster for the free Green Waste Days event, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Susan Hiland/Daily Republic)
Green Valley focus of weekend fire safety effort
GREEN VALLEY Michael and Dorene Warchut planned to bring at least 10 truckloads of green waste for the Green Waste Days event Saturday.
It might be nice and green in the valley, but they both are very much aware that living in a wooded area means keeping up with clearing underbrush, removing trees and making a fire-safe space around their home.
A POPULAR ITV series based in the Morecambe Bay is teasing viewers with a glimpse of it s new lead actor. Marsha Thomason, known for her roles in White Collar and Lost, is joining the cast of crime drama The Bay, produced by Tall Story Pictures, as DS Jenn Townsend. DS Townsend will be immediately thrown into the deep end when a body is found in the Bay on her first day in the job. She has been pictured in a first glimpse of her role, stood against the Morecambe sea wall. Joining Marsha on the new series as guest cast members are Marcella s Zahra Ahmadi, Ash Tandon of Bodyguard, Gary Lewis of Outlander and Hollyoaks Georgia Scholes.