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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.
Accused Austin Metcalf killer won't face death penalty or life without parole: DA
The teen accused of stabbing track star Austin Metcalf to death will not face life behind bars or the death penalty, ...
Jury sentences murderer of 2-year-old to life in prison, votes against death penalty
A jury sentenced convicted murderer Nicholas Canfield to life in prison for the death of 2-year-old Jaliyah Rose Ramos. His ...
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Luigi Mangione could face death penalty in CEO slaying. How rare are these federal cases?
Luigi Mangione, accused of killing health care CEO Brian Thompson, could face the death penalty. Experts say Mangione's ...
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 ...
Chabria: Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...
Death row inmate Gerald Powers, sentenced in Memphis 26 years ago, dies
Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.
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As Louisiana revives death penalty, a bill could shorten time from conviction to execution
As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it ...