Travel Deals $99 -- R.I. Riverfront Escape w/$50 Dining Credit, Reg. $220 See all travel deals » MICHELLE FAUL , The Associated Press Posted: Monday, June 24, 2013, 4:05 PM LAGOS, Nigeria - Traumatized inmates heard screams and thuds from the gallows as Nigerian authorities Monday hanged four convicted criminals in the West African nation's first known executions since 2006, a human rights lawyer said. A fifth man who was to be hanged at Benin City Prison was saved when the executioner had technical problems with the gallows, Chino Obiagwu of the national lawyers' rights group LEPAD told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Amnesty...
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