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Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to University of Idaho student murders to avoid death penalty: report
Brian Kohberger has reportedly accepted a plea deal, agreeing to cop to the murders of four University of Idaho undergrads in ...
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Indiana seeks execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward
The request comes shortly after Gov. Mike Braun suggested that state lawmakers take up debate on capital punishment.
On This Day, June 29: U.S. Supreme Court finds death penalty unconstitutional
On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed ...
Bryan Kohberger could escape death penalty because of leaked evidence aired during TV episode: fmr prosecutor
A former federal prosecutor said a media leak in the Bryan Kohberger murder case has the potential to take the death penalty ...
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Court rules in favor of death row inmate
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the ...
Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing
For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...
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Louisiana Supreme Court rules again in Rapides Parish death penalty case
The court had earlier vacated Darrell Robinson's conviction and death sentence in a brutal quadruple murder in Rapides Parish ...
Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life
Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...
Harrisburg man facing death penalty in two killings tells judge he’ll represent himself at trial
A Harrisburg man potentially facing the death penalty just fired his public defender and told a judge he would represent ...
Stoughton cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore adds death penalty specialist to defense team
The federal case against a Stoughton cop accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing a Canton woman named Sandra ...