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Texas death row prisoner dies after more than 30 years behind bars
A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...
Trump admin fast-tracks death penalty case for transgender cult suspect in Border Patrol killing: attorneys
Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...
Cultlike Zizian group member charged in border agent’s death seeks delay in death penalty decision
Teresa Youngblut, of Washington state, is part of a cultlike group known as Zizians that has been connected to six killings ...
Feds pursuing death penalty in fatal Vermont Border Patrol shooting, attorneys claim
Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.
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Death row inmate is not intellectually disabled, SC judge rules, clearing way for execution
A death row inmate could be the seventh scheduled for execution in the past 10 months after a Lexington County judge decided ...
Tennessee death row inmate makes last-ditch effort to prevent Aug. 5 execution
Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. In Nashville's ...
Could the death penalty happen in Minnesota, despite 114-year-old ban?
The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long ...
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Pros and cons of using the death penalty
The death penalty can also be a more expensive procedure for the state. In countries with arduous appeals processes and strong human-rights organisations, the death penalty is, ...
Attorneys for Death row inmate seeks court order to disable defibrillator before execution
Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking a judge to step in ahead of his scheduled execution, arguing that a ...
U.S. Attorney’s Office seeks death penalty for Zuni Pueblo man accused of murders
A New Mexico man accused of kidnapping and murdering several Native American men now faces the death penalty. It comes after ...