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Mom convicted of daughter's death pins hope for freedom on disputed autopsy findings
Uniontown police charged the parents of a little girl with starving her to death. The most powerful piece of evidence against ...
'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 ...
Does Minnesota have death penalty? What Vance Boelter faces after his arrest
Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Luther Boelter, who was arrested near his Green Isle home, is facing murder charges.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Prosecution appeals removal of death penalty ahead of Billy Wagner trial
An appeals court will hear arguments on why the prosecution says the death penalty should not have been taken off the table ...
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 ...
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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 ...