A Troubling Development for the Death Penalty in the U.S.
Landry’s decision is significant in part because until recently, Louisiana was part of a group I call the death penalty ...
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Baton Rouge prosecutors tee up first death penalty case in a decade in 2019 triple homicide
Defendants attorneys lodged three motions to bar the death penalty from being imposed. A judge rejected their arguments in ...
YNW Melly’s Trials Highlight Florida’s Unconstitutional Death Penalty Law
Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in Jim Crow — if convicted in a double ...
TN Supreme Court upholds law giving AG more power in death penalty cases. Why it matters
The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the ...
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Death penalty opponents react to Supreme Court decision in Glossip case
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to overturn Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence highlights concerns over a ...
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I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.
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Kohberger defense files motion that may seek to throw out death penalty, citing autism spectrum disorder
BOISE, Idaho — The defense team for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, may seek the removal of the death penalty as a sentencing option ...