2 hrs ago | La Vista Sun
Hansen: Decades on death row drive death penalty fight
Curtis McCarty regains his freedom in May 2007 after more than 21 years in prison, almost all of it on Oklahoma's death row.
5 hrs ago | Examiner.com
Jodi Arias: Will she ask jurors to put her to death?
The drama continues to mount as to whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will ask her jury to give her the death penalty tomorrow , according to Headline News , which has broadcast every question and objection of the trial since opening statements on Jan.
9 hrs ago | Philly.com
Death penalty for Kaboni Savage?
Jurors return to federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday to hear arguments and evidence on whether a drug dealer convicted in the deaths of a dozen people should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.
9 hrs ago | York Dispatch
Jurors to mull death penalty in Pa. slayings of 12
Jurors return to federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday to hear arguments and evidence on whether a drug dealer convicted in the deaths of a dozen people should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.
10 hrs ago | The Miami Herald
Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for death row inmates
Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades.
14 hrs ago | Times Herald-Record
Gosnell trial reignites abortion debate
One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic.
18 hrs ago | Sentencing Law and Policy
A (dynamically?) dormant death penalty in Dorothy's domocile
The playfully alliterative headline for this post is spurred by this lengthy and effective local piece headlined "The Kansas death penalty has cobwebs." Here are excerpts: It may be weeks before Kansans know if prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Kyle Flack, accused of killing four people in Franklin County this spring.
Leonard Pitts: On death penalty, wrongly accused are victims, too
But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been exonerated and freed from death row in the previous 23 years, Ryan committed an act of profound moral courage, imposing a moratorium on capital punishment.
SIT to seek Supreme Court guidance on Maya Kodnani death penalty issue
After a U-turn by the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi government on the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others, convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, the SIT has decided to seek Supreme Court's guidance on the issue.
Jacksonville killer avoids death sentence for 2009 murder
DeShawn Leon Green has avoided Death Row for a second time. But prosecutors will have one more chance to execute him.
Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty In SD Killing
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After the Oregon Supreme Court threw out their aggravated murder convictions, two men pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to first-degree manslaughter in the 2005 death of Jessie Mary Valero, fatally stabbed in her Hillsboro apartment.
UK woman may face Indonesia death penalty
A BRITISH woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said.
Manning's second death penalty case pending
Willie Jerome Manning, who won a stay of execution in one capital case, is waiting to hear whether an Oktibbeha County judge agrees with his claim that he was denied a fair trial in 1996 when he was sentenced to death for the slayings of 2 elderly women.
Nathan Dunlap clemency backers cite support as calls for death continue
The campaign to either save Nathan Dunlap from the death penalty or execute the man convicted of four brutal murders at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993 has turned into something of a public-relations competition.
Monroe prison guard killer moved to Walla Walla's death row
Byron Scherf was sentenced to death for killing a corrections officer at the Washington State Reformatory, but he will face the same security measures as the other eight death row inmates at the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, a Department of Corrections spokesman said.
Convicted Mobile murderer forbids lawyers from offering defense in death penalty phase
Zoa White suffered a fatal beating inside her home in June 2010. A jury in Thursday, May 16, 2013, found Carlos Edward Kennedy guilty of capital murder.
Arias victim's family makes dramatic statement
Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that have befallen him in the five years since his brother was murdered: ulcers, depression, a separation from his wife, nightmares.
Save millions: Kill Ohio's death penalty
How many Ohio businesses run their operations with little regard for the expenditure of time and money? Ohio ignores both every time it sends an inmate to death row.
Should Dr. Kermit Gosnell Have Gotten the Death Penalty?
A Philadelphia doctor found guilty of murdering three babies born alive in an abortion clinic serving low-income women agreed to two life sentences Tuesday, and was sentenced to a third Wednesday.