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Death Row inmate to face first of Its kind execution
Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his ...
Capital Jewish Museum shooting suspect indicted on murder and hate crime charges and could face death penalty
Federal prosecutors secured an indictment Wednesday detailing nearly 10 charges connected with the killings of Israeli ...
Death penalty is off table for two Mexican narcos
U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo ...
Death penalty sought against convicted felon accused of slaying Tennessee family and dumping their baby in stranger’s yard
Held in chains and wearing a black-and-white striped prison uniform, Austin Drummond spoke only to confirm his name, address, and assets.
U.S. Says It Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against 3 Drug Cartel Bosses
Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has ...
U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins
The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...
Gunman charged in deadly Israeli Embassy shooting of two staffers could face death penalty
Elias Rodriguez, who was heard shouting, “Free Palestine,” after the shootings, was previously charged with murder of foreign ...
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Florida bishops call for novena to end death penalty after ninth execution sets record
The novena began Aug. 6 and concludes Aug. 14, the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest executed in Auschwitz ...