Woman who found Irish sanctuary after years on US death row dies in house fire

<p>Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs spent 17 years in prison for murder she said she did not commit, a story told in books, play and film</p><p>After enduring hellish years on America’s death row for a crime she said she did not commit, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/feb/20/theatre.usa">Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs</a> found an idyll, and healing, in rural Ireland. But in a final, cruel twist, her sanctuary claimed her life.</p><p>Jacobs, 78, and her carer, Kevin Kelly, were found dead on Tuesday after a fire at her cottage near the village of Casla, in County Galway.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/04/sonia-sunny-jacobs-us-death-row-irish-house-fire">Continue reading...</a>