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SC prosecutor again rejects killer's plea deal
A prosecutor again rejected a request from a man accused of killing two women to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a life sentence.
10 hrs ago | Free Republic
Maryland Men Sentenced to Life for Murder of Federal Witness, Two Others
After a twelve-person federal jury was unable to reach an unanimous verdict as to whether to impose the death penalty for Melvin Gilbert, age 34, and James Dinkins, a/k/a 'Miami,' age 36, both of Baltimore, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Gilbert to five consecutive mandatory life sentences, plus 40 years and sentenced Dinkins to ...
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State Supreme Court Denies ESL Mass Killer's Appeal
The California Supreme Court Thursday denied a death penalty appeal in the case of Richard Wade Farley, the man convicted of the 1988 murders of seven employees of a Sunnyvale computer company.
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Texas Hit Man Gets Life in Mich. Killing
A Texas man who killed a suburban Detroit couple has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.
23 hrs ago | WXOW-TV La Crosse
Death penalty focus in case of Neb. girl's killer
An attorney for a man charged with sexually assaulting and killing a 3-year-old Nebraska girl is trying to keep his client from facing the death penalty.
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination.
Man sentenced to death for slaying 81-year-old Preston Hollow woman 2:18 PM CT
A Dallas County jury sentenced today Mark Robertson to death for the 1989 slaying of 81-year-old Edna Brau at her Preston Hollow home.
A former Spotsylvania County man who once boasted about being ready to "ride the lightning bolt" for killing a 16-year-old girl may get his wish later this month.
Springfield man faces death penalty in mother's slaying
Greene County prosecutors have upgraded charges against a Springfield man to first-degree murder in the death of his mother.
Prosecution won't seek death penalty again against bi-state shooter
Nearly two weeks after the Delaware Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a man convicted in a two-state shooting spree that left two people dead, state prosecutors said today they would not seek the death penalty for Allison Lamont Norman again.
Calif. jury gets 'Alpha Dog' kidnap-murder case
A jury is considering the case of Jesse James Hollywood, who is accused of kidnapping a teenager over a drug debt and then ordering his death in a case that inspired the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog." The jurors began deliberating Wednesday after hearing more than a month of testimony about the August 2000 killing.
Jury recommends life in Millbrook Wal-Mart shooting
An Elmore County jury deliberated a little more than four hours Tuesday before recommending convicted killer Calvin McMillan receive life in prison without parole for killing a young Millbrook father.
Germany to ax Nazi treason convictions
Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer,A aA Lutheran pastor and theologian, was hanged at Flossenburg Concentration Camp in 1945.
US court delays decision on death row inmate
The US Supreme Court has quietly put off deciding whether it will take up the case of black death row inmate Troy Davis who for 20 years has insisted he did not kill a white policeman, a source close to Davis said yesterday.
Innocence Project takes on Bucyrus killer's case
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An organization devoted to freeing innocent inmates has gone to bat for a condemned Ohio killer, a rare move for a group better known for using DNA evidence to challenge convictions in non-death penalty cases.
Special Master Appointed In Clemons Death Penalty Case
The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a special master to investigate claims that condemned prisoner Reginald Clemons was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death.
Man convicted of torturing, killing Southern California toddler
An Escondido man has been convicted of torturing and murdering his girlfriend's 2-year-old boy.
Public speaks on Calif. lethal injection proposal
Dozens of speakers lined up to speak Tuesday on California's new proposed rules for executing condemned inmates, but the public hearing quickly morphed into a debate over the morality and practicality of capital punishment.
N.C. House Takes Up Anti-Bias Death Penalty Bill
House Democrats are trying to move forward a bill supporters say would attempt to ensure racial bias doesn't put a murder defendant on North Carolina's death row.
2nd man gets life in prison for 2005 Caddo murder
A guilty plea and life sentence have ended a case in which two men were accused of kidnapping and raping a Houston woman, then putting her in the trunk of her rented car and setting it on fire while she was still alive.