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Luigi Mangione assassination case signals DOJ shift on death penalty in blue states, expert says
Luigi Mangione's defense is ramping up its fight against the death penalty early in a federal case in the alleged ...
Prosecutors can’t use Bryan Kohberger’s autism against him to argue for the death penalty: judge
Prosecutors won’t be allowed to use alleged killer Bryan Kohberger’s autism to argue to a jury that he deserves the death ...
Mangione lawyers ask judge to prevent US prosecutors from seeking death penalty
Luigi Mangione's lawyers on Friday asked a judge to prevent the U.S. government from seeking the death penalty in a case ...
Jury delivers death penalty verdict to SCI Somerset inmate for 2018 homicide of prison guard
A jury on Thursday recommended the death penalty for an SCI Somerset inmate convicted of the 2018 homicide of a prison guard.
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Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman is reversing the policy of his predecessor so prosecutors can once again consider pursuing the death penalty in certain ‘exceedingly rare’ types of ...
Louisiana child killer spared by Biden faces death penalty again after ‘outrageous’ commutation: DA
Child killer Thomas Sanders, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010, is facing death again after former President ...
Former death row prisoners fight attempt to move them to one of the nation’s harshest prisons.
The men had their death sentences commuted under the Biden administration, but say they are being punished by being ...
Baptist News Global1d
Death penalty executions on the rise worldwide
Death penalty executions in the U.S. and worldwide increased in 2024 over the previous year according to a new Amnesty ...