U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against accused cartel kingpins
Federal authorities in the United States revealed Tuesday that they will not seek the death penalty against three reputed Mexican drug cartel leaders, including an…
US court says man with defibrillator can be executed despite concerns | Death Penalty News
Tennessee’s Supreme Court says Byron Black’s execution can proceed amid worries that a medical device may prolong his death.A court in the United States has…
Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to Idaho murders to avoid death penalty | Courts News
The doctoral student has admitted to breaking into the rental home and killing four University of Idaho students.A former criminology doctoral student has pleaded guilty…
Japan executes by hanging ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9 | Death Penalty News
Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he concealed in his small apartment.Japan has executed a…
Vietnam ends death penalty for crimes against the state, bribery, drugs | Death Penalty News
The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences in Vietnamese law and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.Vietnam will end capital punishment for…
Will ending the death penalty save California more money than speeding up executions?
Reporting from Sacramento — Past efforts to repeal the death penalty in California have centered on moral or ethical objections. This year, proponents of Proposition 62, which…
Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is the opposite of justice
California currently has 592 people in our prisons who have been sentenced to death. It’s the largest population of prisoners awaiting execution of any state.…
DR Congo repatriates three US citizens convicted over failed coup | Politics News
Move coincides with DRC’s drive to sign minerals deal with US in exchange for security in war with Rwanda-backed rebels.Three United States citizens initially sentenced…
Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione in CEO’s killing
NEW YORK — U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of…
China executes two men for committing deadly ‘revenge on society crimes’ | Death Penalty News
Fan Weiqu had rammed his car into a crowd, killing 35 people, while 21-year-old Xu Jiajin killed eight people and injured 17 in a stabbing…
Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups | Death Penalty News
Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son…
Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student
ATHENS, Ga. — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became…
What is shaken baby syndrome? And why might a Texas man be executed for it? | Health News
In 2002, Robert Roberson found his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, unresponsive after she fell off a bed in the family’s house in the East Texas…
Harris has been called ‘soft’ and ‘tough’ on crime. What does her record show?
At every step of her political career, Kamala Harris has faced the same question: What sort of prosecutor was she?As a former San Francisco district…
Texas state judge orders pause for controversial ‘shaken baby’ execution | Death Penalty News
A state judge in Texas has issued a last-minute decision to pause the execution of Robert Roberson, a man convicted in a controversial case of…
Texas man faces execution after clemency plea fails | Crime News
Texas is due to execute a man for murdering his two-year-old daughter, despite doubts about his guilt. Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal…
Oklahoma executes man despite parole board recommending life be spared | Death Penalty News
A man has been put to death by the authorities in the US state of Oklahoma despite a parole board recommending that the life of…
8 things to know about Senate candidate Kamala Harris’ career gold stars and demerits
The bedrock of Kamala Harris’s U.S. Senate campaign has been her record as California attorney general and as San Francisco district attorney. She has said her experience…