Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion
A bill could make firing squads and lethal gas options in Florida executions as a shortage of pentobarbital, used for lethal ...
Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad 40 days after first execution
Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.
Jury: Kendrick guilty of first-degree murder in Baserman's death, faces death penalty
The defense, then the prosecution took about an hour each Friday to summarize their case for not guilty and guilty of ...
Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, charged with killing DEA agent, may face death penalty in U.S.
Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling ...
US prosecutors weigh death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it may seek the death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, ...
El Paso Walmart mass shooter may avoid death penalty, DA says. Plea hearing set for April
El Paso DA James Montoya says he won't seek the death penalty for Patrick Crusius, who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019.
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Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in ...
Senate passes bill that would expand death penalty in Texas
SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...
Los Angeles district attorney revives death penalty, rolls back BLM-era policy
Nathan Hochman rescinded George Gascón’s “extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death ...
LA district attorney allows prosecutors to seek death penalty again
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in ...
Jury chooses death penalty for man who killed 1-year-old daughter, threw her into ravine
A man who stabbed his 1-year-old daughter to death and threw her into a ravine should get the death penalty, a jury says. A ...