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Firing Squad Set To Execute South Carolina Death Row Inmate
A firing squad in South Carolina is set to execute an inmate who ambushed an off-duty police officer, shot him nine times and set him on...
Crime and Justice News
3 days ago2 min read
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South Carolina Supreme Court OKs Upcoming Execution For 2006 Murder
The South Carolina Supreme Court will not halt the execution of Mikal Mahdi by firing squad, scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, they ruled in...
Crime and Justice News
5 days ago1 min read
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Florida Executes Man Convicted Of Killing Miami Herald Employee
A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening . Michael...
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5 days ago1 min read
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CA High Court Reverses Death Penalty Conviction On Juror Issue
A man convicted of murder over 15 years ago and facing the death penalty had his conviction and sentence reversed Thursday by the...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 42 min read
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California Reverses Inmate’s Death Penalty Conviction On Juror Issue
A man convicted of murder over 15 years ago and facing the death penalty had his conviction and sentence reversed Thursday by the...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 42 min read
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Bondi Seeks Death Penalty For Mangione In UnitedHealth Killing
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 11 min read
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Tennessee Inmates Challenge Plan To Resume Executions
Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state to oppose a new round of lethal injections after an execution was abruptly called...
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Apr 12 min read
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LA District Attorney Allows Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty Again
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing county prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in place...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 262 min read
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Experts Worry About Possible Trump Crime Grant Cuts, Death Penalty
In his first weeks back in the White House, President Trump took actions affecting criminal justice, including an executive order...
By Claire Cornelius
Mar 262 min read
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Arizona Executes Man For 2002 Murder
At 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, Aaron Gunches died by lethal injection in Arizona as punishment for the murder of Ted Price in...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 202 min read
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Louisiana Executes Inmate In State's First Nitrogen Gas Killing
Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 192 min read
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Louisiana Can Carry Out Nitrogen Gas Execution, Appeals Court Rules
Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court on Friday vacated a...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 172 min read
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Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana's First Nitrogen Execution
A federal judge in Baton Rouge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop Louisiana from moving forward with its first nitrogen gas...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 121 min read
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South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Called 'Bloody Spectacle'
A South Carolina firing squad executed Brad Sigmon for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, the first firing squad...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 92 min read
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Some Red States Push Back Against Trump’s Death Penalty Expansion
While President Donald Trump and other national Republican leaders push to expand the use of capital punishment, some GOP-led states are...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 72 min read
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LA, AR Look To Nitrogen Gas Executions Amid Criticism
Hours after the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution in January last year, Alabama’s attorney general urged other states to develop it...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 62 min read
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Firing Squad Execution Due In South Carolina, First In 15 Years
South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 32 min read
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AL Gov Commutes Death Sentence Of Convict In 1991 Murder
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is sparing the life of capital murder convict Robin “Rocky” Myers. Ivey commuted Myers’ sentence to life with no...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 32 min read
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Ohio Gov Delays Three Executions, Citing Drug Shortage
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 141 min read
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Texas, Florida Conduct Nation's Fourth, Fifth Executions In 2025
A Texas man who killed his strip club manager and another man, later prompting a massive lockdown of the state prison system when he used...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 142 min read
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