Death penalty changes in North Carolina under Iryna’s Law: What we know

C HARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Governor Josh Stein on Friday, Oct. 3, signed House Bill 307, also known as ‘Iryna’s ...

Jury votes to impose death penalty for Mobile double murder

Jesse Patrick McClure will face the ultimate punishment for a 2021 double murder in Mobile, a jury decided Tuesday.

Jury recommends death sentence for Joshua Rocha in shooting of North Kansas City officer

Joshua Rocha, a man found guilty of killing North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez, was recommended the death sentence by a jury on Wednesday.
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Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson

Roberson was scheduled to be executed Oct. 16 after being convicted of capital murder in 2003 for the death of his ...
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Texas Court Steps In to Prevent Possible Wrongful Execution of Robert Roberson

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the October 16 execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III, a Palestine man ...
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Jose Soto-Escalera sentenced to death for killing Tania Wise and their unborn child

Jurors on Sept. 19 found Soto-Escalera guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Wise and guilty of first degree murder of an unborn child in connection with the death of her unborn baby. Jurors ...

GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for politically motivated killings in Ohio

Two Republican lawmakers want to expand Ohio’s hate crime definition to include politically motivated murders.

SC AG wants death penalty for suspect in Logan Federico case, assigns senior attorney to assist

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s office to seek the death penalty for the ...