State makes it official: No death penalty for former gangster and convicted murderer
The judge gave the prosecutor and Corey Smith’s defense attorney until the first week in February to come up with a plea deal ...
The death penalty costs NC money - a lot of it. Let’s put that cost toward good | Opinion
Although increased litigation costs are the largest reasons for the expense of the death penalty, they are not alone. | ...
Trump expected to end Biden-era death penalty pause, expand to more federal inmates
President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...
Jury says it’s split over death penalty for Sacramento cop’s killer. What happens next?
The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...
State no longer seeking death penalty in trial of convicted gang leader and murderer
Corey Smith — the reputed leader of a notorious Liberty City drug gang who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to ...
Defense asks judge to ban the death penalty for man charged in stabbing deaths of 4 Idaho students
Lawyers for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students have asked a judge to take ...
Cost of seeking death penalty is high in California — but the state doesn’t conduct executions
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan’s killer — but at what cost?
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US will appeal judge's ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty
Matthew McCall, allowed the three 9/11 defendants to enter guilty pleas in the U.S. military courtroom at Guantanamo Bay, ...
Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty, setting up legal challenges in second term
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more ...
Trumbull County prosecutor speaks out in favor of death penalty before Senate committee
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins testified in support of the state’s death penalty during a Senate Judiciary ...
ACLU petition calls on Biden to ‘commute all federal death sentences’ before Trump takes office
An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition is calling on President Biden “to commute all federal death sentences” ...