Death And Dying News

10:05 AM EST
1/10/2012 In court filing, Nebraska insists execution drug was obtained legallyNebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has filed court papers insisting the state's purchase of sodium thiopental for the execution of a death row inmate was all above-board.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Execution, Politics, Government, Social Issue, Death And Dying

12:32 PM EST
12/13/2011 New Facebook program aims to prevent suicideFacebook has launched a program that enables users who express suicidal thoughts to get help instantly.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Illness, Mental Illness, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Social Issue, Death And Dying

7:51 AM EST
12/12/2011 Man fakes mom's obit to get time offPolice in Pennsylvania arrested a man after he allegedly published a fake obituary for his mother in an attempt to get paid for bereavement time from his job.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Police, Arrest, Social Issue, Death And Dying, Human Interest, Curiosity

3:43 PM EST
11/14/2011 George Clooney says he contemplated suicide after movie injuryGeorge Clooney says he contemplated suicide after suffering an injury in 2005, according to an interview with the actor in Rolling Stone magazine.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Human Interest, People, Celebrity, Social Issue, Death And Dying

9:27 AM EST
11/8/2011 Wednesday execution stayed for Texas manThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Hank Skinner, who sued prosecutors for denying his requests for more DNA testing.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Execution, Judiciary, Social Issue, Death And Dying

10:40 AM EDT
10/31/2011 Steve Jobs' final words revealedSteve Job's biological sister, novelist Mona Simpson, shared the Apple's co-founder final words in a eulogy she gave at Memorial Church at Stanford University on Oct. 16.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, People, Celebrity, Science And Technology, Technology, Social Issue, Death And Dying

10:25 AM EDT
10/24/2011 Federal judge to hear Texas death row inmate's civil rights case A federal judge on Monday was set to hear the case of a Texas death row inmate, Hank Skinner, who filed a civil rights lawsuit claiming prosecutors repeatedly denied him additional DNA testing.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Human Interest, Mystery, Social Issue, Death And Dying

12:45 PM EDT
9/28/2011 Bangladesh opposition comes heavily on delinquent anti-crime forcesIn an unprecedented public statement, the main Bangladeshi opposition demanded on Tuesday that the country's police and elite anti-crime force officers be barred from United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Police, Law Enforcement, Politics, Human Rights, Social Issue, Death And Dying

12:48 PM EDT
9/23/2011 Inmate's death row feast goes untouchedA Texas death row inmate convicted of the dragging death of a black man more than a decade ago ordered a huge feast for his final meal then ate none of it. That waste of food has changed the way such inmates are fed.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Execution, Social Issue, Death And Dying

3:10 PM EDT
9/22/2011 Military suicides linked to low levels of Omega-3 fatsThe record number of suicides among U.S. military personnel may be reduced with omega-3 supplements, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Armed Conflict, Health, Medical Research, Social Issue, Death And Dying