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'Tantamount to suicide': Convicted killer wants death penalty for murder of son's mother but jury gives him life
"I’m not going to stand up there and say he wants the death penalty," his defense attorney said. The post ‘Tantamount to ...
Alabama executes a long-serving death row inmate for the 1988 beating death of a woman he dated
Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.
Oklahoma prosecutors seek retrial of longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip after conviction tossed
Oklahoma prosecutors will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of ...
Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson gets execution stay
John Fitzgerald Hanson complained in a lawsuit about his clemency hearing before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.
Killing someone in a crowd could bring the death penalty under proposed Alabama bill
Rep. Matt Simpson's HB20 would add a 22nd factor to Alabama's capital murder law, targeting those who "knowingly create great ...
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Richard Glossip to Face New Trial for Murder without Death Penalty Threat
Richard Glossip, who has spent nearly 30 years on death row, will face a new trial for first-degree murder, but no longer ...
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Death penalty off table for arson suspect
CATLETTSBURG An arson-murder suspect in a case dating back to October 2020 is no longer facing the death penalty. Demetrius Butler, 55, learned Thursday in Boyd County Circuit Court that his case is ...
Death row inmate ordered biggest ever final meal that was huge 29,000 calories
The death row inmate's order came to about 29,000 calories, more than two weeks worth of calorie intake for a grown adult, ...
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Utah Judge Rules Man on Death Row with Dementia Is Competent for Execution
A Utah judge ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies, who has spent nearly 40 years on death row and was recently diagnosed with ...