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Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...
Cultlike Zizian group member charged in border agent's death seeks delay in death penalty decision
Teresa Youngblut is part of a cultlike group known as Zizians that has been connected to six killings in three states.
Feds pursuing death penalty in fatal Vermont Border Patrol shooting, attorneys claim
Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.
Bryan Kohberger agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty in Idaho student killings
Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in their apartment in 2022, ...
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Dylann Roof killed my mom and cousins. But I still oppose the death penalty.
Dylann Roof wanted to start a race war, but I feel like there is already such a war going on, and it plays out in our ...
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Long-delayed death row appeal in 1987 Waco killing set for hearing
A July hearing will address death row inmate Ramiro Ibarra’s unresolved 2021 appellate claims involving intellectual ...
On This Day, June 29: U.S. Supreme Court finds death penalty unconstitutional
On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing
For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...
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Del. General Assembly passes first leg of amendment to ban death penalty
The Delaware General Assembly has passed the first leg of a constitutional amendment to permanently abolish the death penalty ...