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Man Convicted Of 4th Avenue Jail Death
A man was convicted of first-degree murder Monday in the vicious beating death of another inmate in Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail.
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Prosecutor in DC sniper case a death penalty veteran
Virginia prosecutor Paul Ebert knows how to land the big ones. His office is lined with pictures of his adventures on the water - an 800-pound blue marlin hooked off the coast of Australia, a 260-pound halibut, citations for tuna and other trophies.
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Senate tips Richmond appeals court to Democrats
The 72-16 vote for U.S. District Judge Andre Davis gives Democratic nominees a 6-5 edge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals , which has been tough in death penalty cases , backed abortion restrictions and supported President George W. Bush's detainee policies.
Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty Of Ohioan
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who strangled and stabbed to death a man he met in a gay bar in 1985.
SCOTUS looks at teen life sentences
A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes.
D.C. sniper set to be executed Tuesday
Reporting from Washington - Seven years ago this month, the captured Beltway snipers -- John Allen Muhammad, then 41, and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, 17 -- were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders.
China executes nine over Uighur unrest
China has executed nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region, regional authorities said Monday, the first executions since the violence in July.
Roy Bennett goes on trial for terrorism
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Roy Bennett goes on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. Bennett was arrested in February and charged with illegally possessing arms to commit acts of terrorism, banditry and insurgency, ...
The Execution of Gary Glitter - C4/C4 HD, 9pm
In 2005, Gary Glitter faced a death sentence in Vietnam. Tonight he faces it again, in a drama set in a fictionalised version of Britain where Parliament has just voted to restore the death penalty.
Death-Penalty Trial in Girl's Death to Open
Opening statements are scheduled Monday in central Pennsylvania in the capital murder trial of a man accused of beating the 2-year-old daughter of his ex-girlfriend to death with a video game controller last year.
Ill. prosecutors seek journalism students' grades
A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars.
Justices weigh prison for kids who never killed
There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed.
Suspect Could Face Death Penalty in Fort Hood Shooting [Bring Back Electric Chair!]
The Army psychiatrist suspected in Thursday's deadly Fort Hood rampage in Texas could get the death penalty if he is convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder - and military law experts say the evidence against him will be substantial.
Del. appeals conviction reversal to Supreme Court
Delaware prosecutors are appealing the reversal of a conviction and death sentence in the murder of a college student to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Man Pleads 'Not Guilty' to Murder of Baby Daughter
A man who is accused of killing his daughter near Desert Hot Springs, then wrapping the two-month-old in plastic and traveling around the country with the body before leaving the corpse in a camper in Arkansas, pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges.
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.
State briefs: Man sentenced to life in prison for Dallas smoke shop killing
Man gets life in prison for '08 killing DENTON - A 21-year-old man convicted in the 2008 killing of a customer at a Dallas smoke shop has been sentenced to life in prison.
Alabama Supreme Court gives death row inmate another review
The Alabama Supreme Court has told a lower court to take another look at a death penalty case from Jefferson County.
Jurors opt for execution of California man who boasted of killing sister, brother-in-law
A trucker from Northern California has been given the death sentence for killing his sister and brother-in-law despite pleas from the victims' son against the death penalty.
Jury urges death penalty in 2007 slaying
A Sussex County Superior Court jury has recommended the death penalty for Emmett Taylor III, the man convicted late last week in the bludgeoning death of his fiancee just days before their planned 2007 wedding.
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