State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

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(The Center Square) – One week later, Iryna’s Law with overwhelming bipartisan support remains without activity on the desk of North Carolina first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein. The legislation, ...

A FEW. ALL RIGHT CHRIS THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT A MOTION FILED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT AIMS TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF A MOTHER ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER YOUNG DAUGHTER. THE STATE ATTORNEY ...

US President Donald Trump has introduced the death penalty in Washington DC as part of a crackdown on violent crime. He signed a proclamation mandating prosecutors to pursue capital punishment in ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed federal leaders to implement the death penalty on certain D.C. crimes, after calling for capital punishment on all murders in the city ...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a memo directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in every eligible case in D.C. The order instructs the Attorney General and the ...

An Arizona jury convicted a man Thursday on eight murder charges for carrying out a string of shootings in metro Phoenix over a three-week span in 2017. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty ...

Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth is seeking the death penalty for former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured dozens of others at Texas’s Fort Hood nearly 16 years ago.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will be ...

The Shawnee County district attorney won't seek the death penalty for Christopher K. Barnshaw. Barnshaw is charged with the slayings of his father and sister, kidnapping and other offenses. Shawnee ...

Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our ...