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'Tantamount to suicide': Convicted killer wants death penalty for murder of son's mother but jury gives him life
"I’m not going to stand up there and say he wants the death penalty," his defense attorney said. The post ‘Tantamount to ...
Scott Panetti, 67, at the Center of a Landmark Death Penalty Case, Dies
Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...
Jury deliberating death penalty trial of Oscar Rosales, convicted of deputy constable's killing
Closing arguments are underway in the capital murder trial of Oscar Rosales for a jury to decide the 55-year-old Salvadoran's ...
Oklahoma man who was given 3 last meals will stand trial again but won’t face the death penalty
Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...
Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.
In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...
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Richard Glossip to Face New Trial for Murder without Death Penalty Threat
Richard Glossip, who has spent nearly 30 years on death row, will face a new trial for first-degree murder, but no longer ...
Death penalty off table for arson suspect
CATLETTSBURG An arson-murder suspect in a case dating back to October 2020 is no longer facing the death penalty. Demetrius Butler, 55, learned Thursday in Boyd County Circuit Court that his case is ...
Appellate court grants stay, halting start of Tarrant County death penalty trial
Valerian O’Steen is accused of killing Marissa Grimes, whose body was found in a crawl space underneath his house in Fort ...
Killing someone in a crowd could bring the death penalty under proposed Alabama bill
Rep. Matt Simpson's HB20 would add a 22nd factor to Alabama's capital murder law, targeting those who "knowingly create great ...
Iranian regime muzzles media with grim death penalty warning
Revolutionary Guard issues statement warning that any 'exchange of information', including news reports, seen as benefiting ...