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Idaho college killings: Xana Kernodle's dad wants trial for accountability, deterrence | Banfield
Mike Baker of The New York Times joins NewsNation to break down the Bryan Kohberger plea deal. Kohberger will avoid the death penalty by pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho ...
Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...
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Del. General Assembly passes first leg of amendment to ban death penalty
The Delaware General Assembly has passed the first leg of a constitutional amendment to permanently abolish the death penalty ...
Woman charged in Vermont border agent’s death seeks 6-month delay in death penalty decision
A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont wants to delay the government’s decision on whether to ...
Anti-witchcraft laws fail to prevent thousands of annual accusations and deaths, according to report
Every year thousands of people globally are wrongly accused of witchcraft, often with fatal consequences yet, says new ...
Texas could soon execute a man before his appeal is heard — and set a dangerous national precedent
If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...
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Vietnam Moves to Limit Death Penalty, a Key Step Toward Human Rights Reform
The change reflects growing recognition within the Vietnamese legislative system that capital punishment is not a ...
Clock is ticking for Gavin Newsom to commute death sentences, advocates say
THE CLOCK IS TICKING. Gov. Gavin Newsom still has a year and a half left in office, but advocates are starting their call now for him to commute, or reduce, all death sentences in ...
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Death for kidnappers
In Nasarawa, the state kidnapping prohibition bill signed into law in 2020 by Governor Abdullahi Sule stipulates the death ...
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Coalition marks 19 years since death penalty abolition, urges lawmakers to reject revival
On the 19th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines, a human rights coalition is calling on ...
Supreme Court rules Texas death row inmate can sue over state DNA testing laws
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...
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Judges in Missouri Can Levy Death if Juries Deadlock. Some Say the Law Is Unconstitutional.
Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.