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Man Executed Despite Calls From Victim's Family to Spare Him
An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life. Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay. James was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1994 shooting...
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After Melissa Lucio's Stay of Execution Her Case Remains ‘Far From the Finish Line'
Melissa Lucio, a Texas mother of 14, has been on death row since 2008 after she was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter. Her execution was delayed just two days before she was scheduled to die to allow a lower court to review new evidence — including arguments that her confession was coerced. Molly Parmer, a criminal defense attorney who...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Seeks Stay of Execution
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is once again seeking to delay his execution for his role in the bombing that killed three people near the finish line of the marathon in 2013. The Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence for Tsarnaev last month. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, agreed with the Biden administration’s arguments that a federal appeals court was...
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Live Updates: Jury Selection Continues in Parkland School Shooter Penalty Trial
More than four years after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the procedure to determine the gunman’s fate is has begun with jury selection.
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Lawyers Hope New Evidence Can Stop Execution of Texas Woman Convicted of Killing Daughter
During hours of relentless questioning, Melissa Lucio more than 100 times had denied fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter.
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Supreme Court Reimposes Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber
The Supreme Court ruled Friday to reimpose the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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California Moves to Dismantle Nation's Largest Death Row
California, which last carried out an execution in 2006, is one of 28 states that maintain death rows, along with the U.S. government
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Oklahoma Death Row Inmates Seek Firing Squad as Alternative to Lethal Injection
An attorney for two Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions in the coming months offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state’s three-drug lethal injection.
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No Death Penalty for Man Accused of Kidnapping, Killing Jassy Correia
A Rhode Island man charged with abducting and killing a woman who had been celebrating her 23rd birthday at a Boston nightclub will not face the death penalty, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Louis Coleman III, 35, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of kidnapping resulting in death in connection with the February 2019 death of Jassy Correia, a Boston…
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Doctors Question Sedative Dose After Man Convulsed and Vomited During Oklahoma Execution
Medical experts say it’s unclear why an Oklahoma inmate began convulsing and vomiting after the first of three drugs used to execute him was administered
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Alabama Man Put to Death for 1991 Killing of Woman
Willie B. Smith III, who avoided execution in February, has been put to death for the 1991 killing of a woman abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery.
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SCOTUS to Hear Tsarnaev Death Penalty Case
The Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Idaho Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty Against Chad Daybell, Charged With Killing Wife's 2 Kids
Daybell was also charged in his previous wife’s death. Court documents filed Thursday revealed that the Fremont County Prosecutor’s Office will seek the death penalty in that case as well.
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Date Set for Supreme Court to Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Death Penalty Case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall over whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can be put to death.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Inmate in Death Penalty Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Alabama inmate whose lawyers argued he had ineffective counsel at his trial.
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DOJ Seeks to Reinstate Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber
The Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday, calling it “one of the worst” acts of terrorism on U.S. soil since Sept. 11.
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DOJ Seeks to Reinstate Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber
Despite President Joe Biden’s public opposition to capital punishment, his administration supported an appeal first filed by his predecessor in a 48-page brief filed with the Supreme Court.
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South Carolina House Adds Firing Squad to Execution Methods
The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs
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Virginia, With 2nd-Most Executions, Outlaws Death Penalty
Virginia has become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty
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Executioners Downplayed Inmates' Reactions to Controversial Lethal Injection Drug
An Associated Press review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges